Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1088 pages
• Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
• Edition: 3rd Edition August 4, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0198610726
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198610724
• Book Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 2 inches
• Weighs: 2.1 pounds

Product Description
This third edition of the Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, with brand-new words in each language. The grammar supplement provides full information on all the key points of Spanish and English grammar, including verb tables for quick reference, and a correspondence section gives example letters, emails, resumes, and new help with text messaging. Because language is now studied in the context of its culture, the existing culture section has been revised and expanded to offer lively and useful information on life in the Spanish-speaking world. This is the perfect reference for anyone needing an affordable, portable Spanish dictionary.

Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Diccionario español/inglés - inglés/español: The Pocket Oxford Spanish (Paperback) After too many years I decided it was time to retire the well-thumbed Cassell's from my undergraduate days, and I'm glad I did. Carvajal's Pocket Oxford features modern word choices and intelligible definitions, in place of the quaint usages and ambiguous synonyms that used to keep me thumbing back and forth through the dictionary as though it was a thesaurus, trying to figure out which word was the right one for a given context. It offers ample pronunciation and grammatical cues for each entry, including details less sophisticated dictionaries leave out, such as the pronunciations of Spanish words which don't follow Spanish orthography (el "handicap" is pronounced /'xandicap/ not /an'dicap/) and distinctions between countable and uncountable nouns in English (you can pass "two rolls" across the table but usually not "two breads"). Where more explanation is required, it makes frequent use of sidebars (clothing measures, the rules for compound nouns, and the niceties of synonyms for "toilet"). It keeps up with new vocabulary ("el Internet") and includes ample coverage of European and American usage in both languages. Place names appear together with regular entries, not relegated to a gazeteer in the back. Clearly some real thought went into the usability of this dictionary. My one word of caution is that the word "pocket" doesn't really apply to this book any more; it's a little hefty for travel use. But at 80,000 entries it it complete enough to cover most needs without the overwhelming bulk of an unabridged dictionary.