1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides) [Paperback]

Seymour Resnick (Author)

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Product Description

Indispensable learning aid includes definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such categories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, seasons and family. The heart of the book is a dictionary, from a to zapato, in which each word is used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation) demonstrating its proper use.

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; 1 edition (June 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486291138
• ISBN-13: 978-0486291130
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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128 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Book!, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides) (Paperback)

With only 55 pages, it packs a ton of vocabulary! It's so thin I can put it almost anywhere, even inside another book! Wonderful for building vocabulary on the go. It has the Spanish word, it's definition, then it has A SENTENCE IN SPANISH to show context, AND the English translation!!! If that wasn't enough, the last few pages it has groupings of words under various subjects. AND some vocabulary tips!!! I can't say enough about this little book. And did everybody see the price??! Unheard of!! Every new student of Spanish should own one.

P.S. I think the person who gave this book a poor rating was being extremely unkind. This book never says it's anything other than it is. A book to build vocabulary. It's not a dictionary. Dictionaries cost a lot more, and are heavy. (This book weighs 2 oz.!)

171 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars $1.95?? Are you KIDDING me?, October 28, 2003

By	Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides) (Paperback)

Okay, I thought that $1.95 was a misprint, and I bought it just to get a bargain. But omigod, talk about a bargain! At ten times the price, this book would be a bargain. It's not going to teach you to speak Spanish. It's not going to help you conjugate Spanish verbs. It's not going to make you fluent or able to read the newspaper in Zihuatenejo. But know what? It's going to make your next foray into a Spanish-speaking country a whole lot easier.
Overall, it's a dictionary, but there are subsections like food, colors, travel, clothing, and within those sections things are arranged alphabetically. Each word is used in a whole sentence (many of which are very handy sentences to have at your disposable) with translation, of course.
Anyway, stop reading this review and buy this book. Hell, at this price, buy 10 and give them to everyone in your family the next time you go south of the border.
Highest recommendation, and an utter steal at this price.

105 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spanish - Light & Easy!, August 6, 2000

By	Luis Hernandez (New York, New York, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides) (Paperback)

A light (and I really mean light - the book weighs about 2 ounces) and helpful book for anyone trying to build their Spanish vocabulary. Printed by the good people at Dover Publications, the book lacks the fancy designs, illustrations, and other graphics that books are generally well known for, however it is a very resourceful book to have around.

Author Seymour Resnick does a great job in compiling the 1,001 most used words in the Spanish language, however there is one negative thing about this book. There is not a pronunciation guide throughout the whole book. Although it's not a dictionary, it is always helpful to have this reference mentioned in a foreign-language book. Besides this fault, this book will make excellent reading material for anyone trying to brush up on their Spanish before a trip, meeting, or just to chat with a friend or relative.