HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish [Mass Market Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

The HarperCollins Rack Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of today's language with over 40,000 entries and 70,000 translations. The easy-to-use format contains commonly used phrases and idioms, plus irregular verb forms, and the most common abbreviations, acronyms, and geographic names.

The HarperCollins Rack Dictionary is targeted to students, travelers, and professionals looking for a quick refresher. Economically priced and packaged in an easy-to-carry paperback format, this dictionary is the best buy on a crowded shelf.

The Rack editions will continue the new look and cover design of Concise and College editions to present a unified, competitive branded look.

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About the Author

HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: CollinsRef; 1st edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006273749X
• ISBN-13: 978-0062737496
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #717,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PORTABLE, WELL-ORGANIZED, AND NICELY EDITED, February 28, 2003

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This review is from: HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish (Mass Market Paperback)

This edition of "HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary" will be treasured by anyone who understands the meaning of quality and value. The book is well-edited, well-organized, ultra-portable, and inexpensive.
With its generous translations, which spanned through several thousands of headwords, there is nothing which should be included in it that was excluded. From idioms to phrases; acronyms to slangs; every entry was accurately translated. As well, there is comprehensive analyses of all the Spanish irregular verbs, which it handled.
The give-away price of this dictionary means that it is affordable to anybody who needs it. It is a priceless companion: an accurate gem, which I would recommend for both students and travellers.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily the best Spanish pocket dictionary on the market, February 9, 2002

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This review is from: HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish (Mass Market Paperback)

I can not take my 2000 page dictionary to Spanish class everyday, so I had to find a good replacement. I believe that the Harpercollins dictionary is just that. The font size is just right for me along with the easy to follow definitions. The only possible drawback is that sometimes definitions are only applicable to certain Spanish speaking countries. This however is something that will probably never be able to be solved, especially when dealing with a pocket sized dictionary. However, for general everyday use, this is a must buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic dictionary, January 15, 2006

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This review is from: HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish (Mass Market Paperback)

Excellent book for people working together that do not speak the same language but need to understand each other. Beware that Spanish varies by the geography of the region from which the person is from--Mexico, central America, Chile, and Argentina each have their own type or style of Spanish.