Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary: Concise edition in colour - Softcover

Harper Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007208901 ISBN 13: 9780007208906

Publisher: Collins, 2006

Synopsis

The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary has been revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary. Ideal for intermediate to advanced learners of Spanish.

This edition of the Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary uses Collins’ unique multimillion word databases of Spanish and English to ensure that the user has the most complete and accurate picture of real language available today. This bestselling dictionary is ideal for students and professionals using Spanish in the course of their work.

· This edition has been updated with all the latest vocabulary from a wide range of fields, with special feature entries about life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.

· Renowned for its accuracy of translation, Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary provides users with thousands of current phrases and examples showing how language really works.

· Accessible colour layout guides users quickly to what they want.

Some of the other titles available in Collins Spanish range are Collins Spanish Dictionary and Grammar, Collins Pocket Spanish Dictionary and Collins Spanish Dictionary.

About this title

Review:

Based on the critically acclaimed Collins Spanish Dictionary, the Collins Spanish Concise Dictionary offers new features to help guide the user through the complexities of the Spanish language, in a straightforward and easy-accessible format. With over 150,000 references, the Spanish Concise draws examples from Collins' unique and ever growing databases of real language - the Bank of English and the Banco de Espa ol - showing Spanish and English exactly as they are written and spoken today.

From the Back Cover:

Based on the critically-acclaimed Collins Spanish Dictionary, the Collins Spanish Concise dictionary offers new features to help guide the user through the complexities of the Spanish language in a straightforward and easy-accessible format. Common words whose wealth of meanings and grammatical functions lead to unavoidably long entries have been revised and laid out in such a way as to give the user maximum help finding their way around. Numerous grammar tips clarify points that students may be uncertain about and which commonly cause problems.

With over 150,000 references, the Spanish Concise draws examples from Collins’ unique and evergrowing databases of real language – the Bank of English and the Banco de español – showing Spanish and English exactly as they are written and spoken today. Set idiomatic expressions are highlighted helping the user to find what they are looking for as quickly as possible. In addition, this new edition boasts extensive coverage of Latin American Spanish. This information is presented in an attractive new colour layout and typography. New supplements and extensive coverage of all the latest vocabulary, make the Collins Spanish Concise dictionary ideal for advanced learners at school, college, or in the world of business.

As well as the innovations introduced in this volume, the new edition retains all the proven Collins features – special entries offering fascinating insights into Spanish life and culture, unique “Language in Use” section, reliability, the most up-to-date coverage clearly and thoughtfully presented, giving you all the help you need to choose the right translation in every context.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007208901
• ISBN 13: 9780007208906
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1376