Bilingual Dictionary of Latin American Spanish [Paperback]

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1995 | ISBN-10: 1886835039 | ISBN-13: 978-1886835030

Includes over 5,000 entries and 6,000 definitions of the most commonly-used Latin American words and expressions, with many examples to illustrate their use, and there is a Spanish and English translation for every entry. Includes all entries listed in the Spanish Royal Academy dictionary pertaining to all, most or much of Latin America.

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About the Author

Dr. Bernard H. Hamel has graduated with hightest honors from several educational institutions. His education includes: B.A. from Universidad de Las Americas, Mexico, M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Dr. Hamel is also the author of the following bilingual dictionaries: Bilingual Dictionary of Mexican Spanish, Comprehensive Bilingual Dictionary of False Cognates and Bilingual Dictionary of Latin American Spanish.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Spanish Books USA (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886835039
• ISBN-13: 978-1886835030
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,388,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource for colloquialisms and americanisms, April 22, 2003

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This review is from: Bilingual Dictionary of Latin American Spanish (Paperback)

I purchased this dictionary at a Spanish book festival three years ago and it has been a useful reference material thus far. The dictionary is geared towards speakers and learners of Latin American Spanish just judging by the vocabulary throughout the dictionary. It includes plenty of colloquialisms as well. The dictionary is arranged alphabetically in Spanish with the equivalent English word or phrase. This dictionary can help clarify many inquiries you may have about the terminology, words, phrases, anglicisms that are so diverse in Latin America and even in the USA. It contains approximately 5000 entries and here are some examples:

1) chotear= mofarse de alguien. =to make fun of somebody
2) chamuchina= populacho=riffraff
3) palanganear= fanfaronear=to brag, show off
4) pinche= maldito=lousy
5) cucar=molestar=to provoke

These are just some of the many examples of the type of vocabulary that is included in this dictionary. Of course this is selective vocabulary, which one may deem not important to know but it won't hurt to understand what these words means since they are part of the colloquial Spanish spoken by many.