The American Heritage LaRousse Spanish Dictionary - Spanish/English - English/Spanish [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 1986

A bilingual dictionary which features Latin American Spanish and American English. Contains 120,000 words and phrases and gives synonyms in both languages for every entry.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish (translation)

About the Author

The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Thumb Indx edition (July 30, 1986)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0395324297
• ISBN-13: 978-0395324295
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.7 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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213 of 215 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best affordable Spanish dictionary, December 28, 1997

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This review is from: The American Heritage LaRousse Spanish Dictionary - Spanish/English - English/Spanish (Hardcover)

The American Heritage Spanish Dictionary is one of the very few books for which I actively seek out opportunities to recommend it. It does what all bilingual dictionaries should do, but what many do not do at all and the rest do not do well. It allows the user to distinguish among all the possible translations of the word without having to flip back and forth between the English and Spanish sides, looking up the back-translation of each possibility. Whereas some dictionaries might define "leaf" as "hoja; hoja, página; folio; lámina," sending you back to the Spanish side to find out which one you wanted, the American Heritage definition of "leaf" looks more like this:

BOT. hoja; (foliage) follaje m, hojas; (sheet of paper) hoja; (page) página; (folio) folio; (sheet of metal) lámina; (of table, door, shutter) hoja; . . .

making it much easier to find the proper translation quickly.

The American Heritage Spanish Dictionary is also one of the few to emphasize American English and Latin American Spanish. It also gives the gender of words even on the English side in cases where the gender is not obvious. The main shortcomings I have encountered are that on occasion a word will appear on one side but not the other and that, because it was published in 1986, it obviously lacks some of the computer terms which had not come into widespread use by then. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this dictionary above the other dozen or so on the market for anyone who needs a well-designed and easier-to-use tool for translating between English and Spanish.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Spanish/English Dictionary, August 21, 2010

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This review is from: The American Heritage LaRousse Spanish Dictionary - Spanish/English - English/Spanish (Hardcover)

I have had a copy of the American Heritage Spanish Dictionary since the 1990's. My sister was interested in a copy and I bought it and had it sent to her. Excellent book.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Spanish/English Dictionary, August 22, 2009

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This review is from: The American Heritage LaRousse Spanish Dictionary - Spanish/English - English/Spanish (Hardcover)

I have tried several Spanish/English dictionaries, but this one is the best. It is easy to use and contains many phrases utilizing the specific word that I am looking up. It is very helpful to see the way the word can be used in a sentence, not just alone in isolation as some of the other dictionaries tend to do.