This internationally acclaimed dictionary is widely used as a key reference tool by language professionals. With over 300,000 words and phrases, and half a million translations, and packed full of grammatical and usage information for both languages, it is the most authoritative Spanish bilingual dictionary available. Developed through consultation with academic advisors, its editors have used the latest technology to search millions of words of web-based text identifying the most recent additions to Spanish and English, and changes in usage.
Thousands of new words and updated translations have been added in Spanish and English, covering subjects from politics and industry to technology and ecology.
A clear colour layout and a new entry menu help you to navigate longer entries and make the text accessible and easy to use.
Additional material ideal for students on their year abroad, or those working in Spanish or English, has been expanded and updated, including language of bank accounts, letters and CVs, to texting and telephoning, and much more. New and updated cultural notes teach you more about life in Spanish- and English-speaking countries.
This dictionary includes 12 months' access* to Oxford's premium Spanish / English online dictionary service, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, so you can find accurate translations and extra resources wherever you are. The site is regularly updated with the latest new words and meanings from Oxford's modern languages research programme, the Oxford Languages Tracker. You can also hear audio pronunciations and improve your language skills with online cultural notes, guides to writing, and much more.
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Industry Reviews
`Many things impress me about this edition of the Oxford Spanish Dictionary - its clear layout with eye-catching blue text, the range of examples and useful compound words and expressions given, and in particular the central Guide to Effective Communication section, which is outstanding in its usefullness and breadth of material.'
Dr Elizabeth Drayson, University of Cambridge
`Another excellent dictionary: clear and accurate and exhaustive.'
Jonathan Thacker, Merton College, University of Oxford
`Review from previous edition the dictionary is a fantastic piece of work, full of good examples, very instructive, and carefully done'
Dr Ignacio M. Palacios Martinez, Universidad de Santiago
`Given the global reputation of Oxford lexicography, the first edition of their Spanish dictionary signalled the birth of another future giant; but the speed of its growth is vertiginous...The already rich coverage in the previous edition has been enhanced with 20,000 new entries, which cover the latest vocabulary across hundreds of topics...Definitions are presented in the most lucid manner.
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