Pocket Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (Spanish Edition) [Turtleback]

Langenscheidt Publishers (Creator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1585735582 | ISBN-13: 978-1585735587 | Publication Date: November 1, 2006 | Edition: Blg New

Pocket Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary (2 Color) is a convenient reference for writers, students, and business people--anyone who needs the right word at the right time. Poetry, prose, and a nine-letter pizza toping . . . When you're looking for a word, pull it out of one of our Pockets.

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About the Author

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Turtleback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Langenscheidt; Blg New edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1585735582
• ISBN-13: 978-1585735587
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful pocket dictionary to have on hand for a quick check on a word, November 6, 2007

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Craig Matteson (Saline, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (Spanish Edition) (Turtleback)

I am a fan of the Langenscheidt pocket dictionaries. They are amazingly informative for such a small format. The symbols, definitions, pronunciation, and forms of the words are just enough to help you understand the meaning of the word you are looking up while still keeping the book in a size you really can put in a pocket. The Spanish-English in the front and the English-Spanish is in the back. There is also material in the front and the back of the book that provide helps for the non-native speaker of either language. In other words, English speakers get some help in conjugating Spanish, Spanish speakers get helps on spelling English words. There is extra material on how to spell certain English words and irregular verbs. These are just a few of the helps.

The vinyl covers are great and very durable and the binding stands up to years of use. I can't praise this series of dictionaries enough.

reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential if you want to learn Spanish., January 16, 2010

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Armando N. Roman (Hillsboro, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (Spanish Edition) (Turtleback)

I've been studying Spanish when I have time. I took two years of classes when I was in school, but that was from 1998-2000. Working with mainly Spanish-speakers for the last 4 years, I've been trying to get fluent in the language. Aside from My Spanish Coach for Nintendo DS (which I highly recommend), my other main tool for now is this dictionary. When I was studying Japanese, I had the Langenscheidt Japanese dictionary, and it was great. This Spanish one is just as good, maybe a little better! There are tons of common and uncommon words, and even some that I wasn't expecting in here (like a certain word to describe when someone's...well, in the mood).

The format is very organized, easy to read, and the words aren't stupidly small for a book of this size. Honestly, I don't know what more to say other than that I love this dictionary and it's helped expand my vocabulary a bit, though that kinda goes without saying. I also appreciated the dozens of verb conjugation charts on the last couple of pages. They didn't have to put those here, but did, and they're fairly commonly used verbs too. Aside from just the definition of the word for the dictionary portion, there are usually different ways of using the word or different sentences to give you an example of when you'd use which form. This is more than just a standard 'this word is this in Spanish' dictionary.

There's nothing bad here- this is a steal at the price and is an excellent companion for anyone studying Spanish, or sometimes needs to know how to say a word when they're out and about, but don't feel like carrying a bigger book around.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best for a Reason, March 3, 2009

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B. Oddo "college student" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (Spanish Edition) (Turtleback)

I wanted a portable dictionary for studying abroad without compromising on the content. This Pocket Spanish dictionary has the complete lexicons for English and Spanish, as well as idioms, conjugation rules/tables, tenses and other miscellanea in the back. The pages are simple to flip through, and the text is easily discernible via black/blue color, bold, italics, etc. The cover is made of a very sturdy material so the pages won't get crumpled into a big mess if you carry this in your bag. I highly recommend this book!