Regina Qualls - McGraw-Hills Spanish Student Dictionary

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SPANISH
Student Dictionary

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This Spanish-English bilingual dictionary is especially designed to help the English-speaking student learn basic Spanish and may also be used to help the Spanish-speaking student learn basic English. Approximately 3,500 main vocabulary entries have been compiled in this useful reference. To highlight idiomatic expressions and shades of meaning, the dictionary also contains hundreds of subentries.

Because beginning language students often need more than a simple translation, this dictionary also presents information on the correct usage of entry words. At least one example sentence (followed by a translation) demonstrates the use of each entry word in context. Verbs are listed in their infinitive form and irregular verbs are conjugated in the present tense within the entry.

The typography of this dictionary, also designed with beginning learners in mind, allows students to clearly distinguish the various parts of the entries. Entry words are in boldface type, while parts of speech and translated sentences are in italics.

Between the Spanish-English and English-Spanish portions of the dictionary, an 18-page section contains drawings illustrating 174 common words in 21 categories that include sports, birds, insects, food, transportation, and animals. Each drawing is labeled both in Spanish and English. At the back of the book, appendices provide metric conversions and a quick reference to useful words like months, days of the week, parts of the body, and the "Top 10 Mistakes" beginners should avoid.

This dictionary provides more information than just the simple translation of a word. Entries will also tell you how to pronounce words, what parts of speech they are, and how to use them in a sentence. When a word has more than one possible translation, all the translations are given. When looking up a word, the entire entry should be read in order to determine the most appropriate translation.

In the Spanish-English section of the dictionary, entries follow this format:

1. Spanish word. This is in boldface type, making it easy to spot. Whenever a masculine noun also has a feminine form, the feminine ending follows directly and the corresponding definite article appears in parentheses.

2. Pronunciation. To help say the entry word correctly, a simple pronunciation guide follows each entry. The following "Pronunciation" section explains the use of these guides.

3. Part of Speech. This label indicates whether the entry is a noun, verb, adjective, etc. Abbreviations used for parts of speech are: n., noun; pron., pronoun; v., verb; aux. v., auxiliary verb; adj., adjective; adv., adverb, prep., preposition; interr., interrogative; intj., interjection; cont., contraction; coll., colloquial; m., masculine; f., feminine; pl., plural; s., singular; tran., transitive; intran., intransitive.

4. Definition. English definition(s) explain the meaning of the entry word.

5. Conjugation. If the entry word is an irregular verb, it will be conjugated in the present tense.

6. Subentries. Sometimes there are subentries to explain the meaning of words or expressions derived from the entry word. As in main entries, these feature a label identifying the part of speech and an English definition.

7. Spanish sentence(s). This shows the correct use of the entry or subentry word. Where a word has various uses, more than one sentence is provided.

8. English translation. Every example sentence in Spanish is then translated into English.