Vox - VOX Diccionario de bolsillo espanol y ingles

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This new VOX Pocket Spanish and English Dictionaryhas been compiled by a team of experienced lexicographers, translators, and language teachers. It has been designed specifically to be a modern reference that is useful, practical, and easy to navigate.

The clear typography, blue headwords, and simple, logical organization of entries make it easy to look up words in Spanish or English and make it an ideal reference for any student or professional who uses either language at school or at work. With more than 28,000 entries and 65,000 translations, this dictionary includes all of the basic vocabulary necessary to communicate in and understand Spanish, both European and Latin American varieties. Many of the translations feature examples of usage that clarify and illustrate how the language is used. There are also abundant idiomatic expressions, slang, and vocabulary related to technology and the Internet. A review of Spanish grammar and conjugation tables for key verbs provide important context for the Spanish language. This dictionary contains all the information required by any beginning or intermediate learner who uses Spanish in his or her studies or at work.

This up-to-date reference is an indispensable tool not only in the classroom and the workplace, but also in the home, or in any situation where there is interaction between these two important world languages.

Dada la importancia que ha adquirido el ingls en tantas esferas de la actividad humana en el mundo de hoy, no es de extraar que tanta gente en tantos pases lo usen a diario como primera o segunda lengua para comunicarse con sus congneres. Entre el grupo creciente de hablantes del ingls se encuentran muchsimos espaoles, algunos que acaban de iniciar sus estudios del idioma y otros que llevan ya tiempo estudindolo y han llegado a tener cierto dominio de sus estructuras y vocabulario; este diccionario ha sido concebido para ellos. Este nuevo Diccionario Pocket English-Spanish, Espaol-Ingls Voxrecoge alrededor de 15.000 entradas por idioma, cifra que supera ampliamente el vocabulario activo medio de una persona culta, y contiene no solamente el lxico bsico, sino tambin frases hechas, expresiones populares, palabras de argot, tecnicismos que han pasado al uso cotidiano, vocabulario de informtica e Internet, etctera. Ha sido diseado especficamente para que el hispanohablante pueda tener siempre a mano una obra til, prctica, fcil de mane-jar, completa y moderna. En este sentido se ha cuidado de forma especial la presentacin de los contenidos para que el diccionario sea lo ms inteligible posible y, sobre todo, fcil de consultar.

El principiante encontrar en l todas las palabras bsicas que necesitar tanto para hacerse entender en ingls como para comprender a los dems, y en el resumen de gramtica inglesa obtendr las respuestas a sus preguntas y dudas sobre la construccin de las frases. Al usuario ms avezado le resultar til no solo para refrescar su memoria en aquellas ocasiones en que no se acuerda de una determinada traduccin, sino tambin para aprender nuevas y ms variadas maneras de expresarse en ingls, mejorando as, con cada consulta, su dominio del idioma. Estamos convencidos de que todos los usuarios hispanohablantes, sean principiantes o de nivel ms avanzado, hallarn en sus ms de setecientas pginas una informacin prctica, amplia y actualizada que responde plenamente a las exigencias del siglo XXI. Abbreviations used in this dictionary Abreviaturas usadas en el diccionario

abbreviation, acronym	abbr, abr	abreviatura, sigla adjective
adjective	adj	adjetivo
adverb	adv	adverbio
somebody	algn	alguien
architecture	ARCH, ARQ	arquitectura
slang	arg	argot
auxiliary	aux	auxiliar
commercial	COMM, COM	comercio
computing	COMPUT	informtica

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