Brand new edition of our hugely popular vocabulary book for advanced learners of Spanish language and culture. Organised by topic, the words and phrases are presented in clear, manageable sections to support students studying advanced level languages. New features: - New entries for technology topics and updates with the latest words, phrases and idioms, such as 'swine flu' and 'credit crunch' - All topics covered are matched to the latest exam specifications - Updated lists of current web addresses to ensure students have the latest information at their fingertips - Lists of synonyms have been included to increase students' repertoire. Key features: - Comprehensive coverage of key vocabulary - Words and phrases in thematic sections - including Everyday life, Health, Sport, Education, and many more - Vocabulary organised in a clear, easy-to-use structure, with clear distinction between levels of difficulty from AS to A2 level.

A new, and dramatically improved, three-pronged approach to learning Spanish vocabulary The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary is much, much more than a Spanish vocabulary reference! This unique and complete resource combines three complementary approaches to vocabulary building―cognates, root families, and suffixes―to instantly increase word familiarity and aid memorization. Whether for active face-to-face communication or passive comprehension of written or spoken words, an in-depth knowledge of vocabulary is the key to foreign language mastery. The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary makes acquiring this mastery simpler and more straightforward than ever before by providing: \n An extensive thematic list of Spanish cognates and an alphabetic glossary of Spanish root families―both with more than 14,000 entries A comprehensive listing of the 130 most common Spanish suffixes, with 4,000 common examples A frequency index listing the 5,000 most frequently used words in Spanish An alphabetic index cross-referencing every entry in the root, suffix, and frequency sections\n

A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish has been fully revised and updated, including over 500 new entries, making it an invaluable resource for students of Spanish. Based on a new web-based corpus containing more than 2 billion words collected from 21 Spanish-speaking countries, the second edition of A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish provides the most expansive and up-to-date guidelines on Spanish vocabulary. Each entry is accompanied with an illustrative example and full English translation. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguistics. With entries arranged both by frequency and alphabetically, A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way.

El libro recoge 175 expresiones coloquiales y frases hechas de uso muy frecuente e imprescindible en la comunicacion cotidiana y coloquial en espanol y 45 refranes. Muestra de la sabiduria popular, son herramientas vivas y expresivas que estan presentes en la comunicacion oral, pero tambien en los mejores muestra de la literatura en espanol.El libro esta constituido por 175 fichas, que corresponden a las 175 expresiones que incluye. Cada una esta formada por: la entrada de la expresion, una ilustracion aclaratoria de su significado funcional y el contexto de uso, ejemplos de la vida cotidiana y una pequena seleccion de ejercicios para su aprendizaje. Estas fichas permiten al estudiante, no solo conocer y entender las expresiones y dichos, sino tambien utilizarlas en una comunicacion fluida.

Idiomatic speech in every language undergoes constant change, and this new third edition reflects informal, idiomatic Spanish as it is spoken today. It's divided into two distinct parts, the first part listing Spanish idioms with their English meanings, and the second part presenting English idioms with Spanish equivalents. Each entry is followed by an illustrative sentence. Also featured are appendices listing irregular verbs, abbreviations, and weights and measures in both English and Spanish.

This compact, inexpensive paperback thesaurus is ideal for anyone who wishes to build Spanish vocabulary. The only Spanish-language thesaurus to include Latin American regionalisms, this pocket reference is the perfect companion to the Diccionario Esencial de la Lengua Espanola.• 36,000 entries • 110,000 synonyms and 18,000 antonyms • Numbered meanings for greater clarity and ease of use • Clearly labeled Latin American regionalismsResponde a las necesidades de comunicación del mundo actual, en el espanol que se habla en más de 20 países, porque incluye a diferencia de otros diccionarios de sinónimos, los regionalismo de América Latina, siendo una obra de consulta rápida y eficaz. 36 000 entradas y acepciones.110 000 sinónimos.18 000 antónimos.Palabras y frases contextuales para especificar usos.Acepciones enumeradas, para mayor claridad y sentido de us, y sus respectivos antónimos cuando existen.Marcas regionales.Remisión a otras palabras.Senalamiento cuando una palabra de lengua general o regional tiene otros significados regionales.

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This brand-new workbook makes a fine supplementary classroom text for high school and college-level courses in Spanish. Filled with exercises designed to improve students' fluency in speaking, understanding, and writing Spanish, this book's focus is on verbs and correct verb usage, with separate chapters for each tense—present, "gustar"-type verbs and present progressive, imperfect and imperfect progressive, present perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, future, future perfect, conditional, conditional perfect, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, commands, passive voice, and non-finite verb forms. Verbs are presented with fundamental conjugation information and illustrative dialogues. The exemplary verb forms are shown in contrasting typeface to help readers understand the verb formation process. Additional learning features include crossword puzzles, notes on verb usage, and the use of object pronouns with verbs. Th

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La organizacion general de Uso de la gramatica espanola es la del syllabus gramatical con el que los manuales de ELE suelen articular la progresion del aprendizaje en sus diferentes niveles. Su objetivo es dar a la gramatica la importancia que tiene como medio para obtener competencia lingüistica y, al mismo tiempo, mayor confianza a la hora de comunicar. Cada tema se divide en tres partes: Observe y Forma: que presentan los puntos gramaticales con ilustraciones y cuadros de los paradigmas. Uso: que explica las reglas esenciales de funcionamiento de los puntos gramaticales en situacion de comunicacion cotidiana, con el apoyo de numerosos ejemplos. Ejercicios, que se caracterizan por un diseno que permite trabajar primero la forma y a continuacion su uso en el contexto de la frase. La gradacion de los ejercicios va desde las actividades controladas hasta las de produccion libre y semilibre en el interior de los temas. El vocabulario se ha seleccionado en funcion de la rentabilidad, la adecuacion al nivel y el incremento gradual para su asimilacion facil y completa. Uso de la gramatica espanola se concibe como un material de trabajo activo, en el aula o en autoaprendizaje. Como elementos que posibilitan la autonomia del aprendizaje, las paginas de ejercicios tienen espacios asignados para la autoevaluacion: al final de cada ejercicio y al final de cada tema para el balance de aciertos.

Este diccionario pretende ser una obra de referencia durante todo el proceso de aprendizaje del espanol para aquellos estudiantes que desean aprender su uso correcto. Al mismo tiempo, es un manual completo para quienes quieran realizar un curso de profundizacion y afianzamiento de sus conocimientos gramaticales.Se divide en dos partes bien diferenciadas. La primera, son unas fichas descriptivas clasificadas alfabeticamente y numeradas para su rapida localizacion. La segunda es un apendice gramatical donde se presentan los aspectos fundamentales de la gramatica espanola.Fichas descriptivasSe presentan en 800 fichas descriptivas los operadores del discurso mas frecuentes e importantes del espanol. Cada ficha proporciona la siguiente informacion: Entrada: el operador organizado alfabeticamente y de manera reconocible.Explicacion: se detalla su valor funcional, que significado tiene o que funcion cumple en la lengua.Dos ejemplos: para que se pueda ver claramente el uso de la expresion y su significado.Gramatica: se proporciona la categoria gramatical a la que corresponde la expresion.Estructura: se dan indicaciones de que tiempos verbales, preposiciones, etc. tiene que utilizar.Uso: se indica la frecuencia de uso de la expresion y los contextos en los que suele aparecer, en el caso de expresiones de utilizacion limitada.Contraste con: se presentan expresiones parecidas con valores diferentes o expresiones que el estudiante extranjero podria confundir.Otras expresiones similares: se listan otras expresiones de valores y usos parecidos y se dan los numeros de entrada para su facil localizacion.Apendice gramatical Esta organizado por categorias gramaticales: articulos, sustantivos, pronombres, verbos, etc.. Se presenta en cuadros de facil visualizacion e identificacion, con explicaciones sencillas y cortas, con ejemplos ilustrativos y con las referencias oportunas a las distintas fichas.Para quienes deseen comprobar los conocimientos adquiridos con este Diccionario practico de gramatica, para quienes realicen cursos de gramatica o para quienes, de forma autonoma, se acerquen a este curso gramatical, se ha disenado un libro que en paralelo propone ejercicios y actividades de practica y reutilizacion de todos los contenidos presentados en este libro. Libro de Ejercicios recoge en un unico volumen los 800 ejercicios fundamentales para un correcto aprovechamiento y aprendizaje de este libro. Se presenta en fichas de trabajo independientes.

En un unico volumen mas de 800 ejercicios y actividades de practica y reutilizacion de todos los contenidos presentados en el Diccionario practico de gramatica.Se presentan en unidades de trabajo independientes, para que el estudiante o el profesor puedan escoger aquellas que precisan en un momento dado del proceso de adquisicion de la lengua.Se presentan dos tipos de ejercicios:Ejercicios gramaticales: 84 unidades en las que se trabajan las categorias gramaticales. Ejercicios funcionales: 55 unidades en las que se trabajan los exponentes funcionales o actos de habla. Tanto los ejercicios gramaticales como los funcionales tienen sus correspondientes referencias al Diccionario practico de gramatica. Las soluciones a todos los ejercicios se encuentran en Claves del Libro de ejercicios.

El presente volumen reúne las principales herramientas que hay que conocer para usar la lengua de modo correcto. A través de una sencilla estructura en dobles páginas, el lector recorrerá las principales aportaciones de la gramática y la ortografía académicas explicadas con un lenguaje claro y conciso, lo que permite una fácil comprensión de las estructuras de nuestra lengua que nos ayudará a usarla en toda su riqueza.

Después del clamoroso éxito de la Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española, llega la versión compendiada. Una obra concebida para el público general que consta de los mismos capítulos que la versión extensa, tratados aquí de forma más asequible para llegar a todos los lectores e interesados en nuestra lengua.

Publico al que va destinado: Estudiantes que pretenden obtener el Diploma de Espaol Lengua Extranjera, Nivel C2. Las autoras son profesoras que cuentan con una larga experiencia tanto en la enseanza de cursos de espaol como en la preparacion y elaboracion de los examenes del DELE. Poseen, ademas, gran experiencia como miembros del jurado para estos diplomas y por ello nos ofrecen un material perfectamente adecuado, practico y facil de utilizar para el alumno. El libro incluye 2 CD Audio.

SparkChartsTM-created by Harvard students for students everywhere-serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest. This four-page chart covers tricky, difficult, and otherwise advanced Spanish vocabulary and expressions:•Verbs like 'gustar' •Expressions with 'a' and 'de'•Expressions with 'por' and 'para'•Idiomatic verb expressions•Commonly confused words

Chile is known for having created an enormous amount of distinct words and expressions. Consequently, the Spanish spoken in Chile is frequently indiscernible to gringos and native Spanish speakers alike. This dictionary and phrasebook collects over 1,500 of these terms and idioms, known as "Chilenismos," and expresses them in simple English. The book also explores the roots of Chilenismos and explains the grammatical constructions and idiosyncratic speech patterns particular to Chileans. This is an ideal guide for tourists, businesspeople, and anyone who plans to spend time in Chile.

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Don't sound like una momia--add a little sizzle to your Spanish!If someone called you tragaldabas would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted ¡Mota! in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks to The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you'll always know your tejemaneje (scheme) from your merequetengue (mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases--plus helpful hints as to what's cordial and what's vulgar--keep you in sync with Spanish slang.Spanish to Englishniños popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled bratsContigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you) You're impossibleLa cruda (rawness) HangoverEnglish to Spanish Ugly as sin ser un espantapájaro (to be a scarecrow)To be lucky tener leche (to have milk)Why are you staring at me? ¿Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my face?)

Travelers with intermediate-level knowledge of Spanish, and students of Spanish language on intermediate or advanced levels will value this book as a key to getting past the slang barrier and grasping Spanish and its idioms as people of different regions and social classes actually speak it. Close to 4,500 words and colloquial expressions seldom found in standard English-Spanish dictionaries are listed alphabetically with definitions. Included with each entry is a phrase or a brief sentence that demonstrates how the term is used in a conversational context, followed by its meaning in English. In an engrossing preface, the author discusses the nature of slang and its uses in all languages. And since Spanish is the official language of 21 countries, each with its own regional idioms, he indicates in each of this book's entries whether the specific idiom is more commonly used in Spain or in Latin America. With the intention of being comprehensive, the author includes some entries that are generally considered vulgar, and which some readers might find offensive.

This bilingual collection of Neruda's most essential poems is indispensable.Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's various styles and themes.An impressive group of translators that includes Alistair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems; and a handful of previously untranslated works are included as well.This selection sets the standard for a general, high-quality introduction to Neruda's complete oeuvre."...The Essential Neruda will prove to be, for most readers, the best introduction to Neruda available in English. In fact, I can think of few other books that have given me so much delight so easily. "--The Austin Chronicle"This book is a must-have for any reader interested in a definitive sampling of the most essential poems by one whom many consider one of the best poets of the 20th century."--Mike Nobles,Tulsa World"A splendid way to begin a love affair with our Pablo or, having already succumbed to his infinite charms, revisit him passionately again and again and yet again."--Ariel Dorfman, author of Death and the Maiden"The editors and translators know how to extract gold from a lifetime of prolific writing. If you want a handy Neruda companion and don't know where to begin, this is it."--The Bloomsbury Review

Here are the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Cuba, revealed in the evocative works of some of the finest Cuban and Cuban American poets of the twentieth century. In Burnt Sugar, bestselling translator Lori Marie Carlson and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos have created an intimate collection of some of their favorite modern poems, all of which are informed by cubanía -- the essence of what it means to be Cuban. "Cuban" in this sense refers neither to ideology nor to geography but rather to the distinguishing characteristics of Cuban poetry as it has developed over time: clever verbal play, overt rhythmic notes, and an intensity of longing, whether religious, political, or amorous. Many of these poems have never been translated into English before, and taken together they, as the editors say, "produce a vibrant, satisfying sound and vivid imagery. They allow for some understanding of modern-day preoccupations, contradictions, feelings, and attitudes considered to be Cuban." Stirring, immediate, and universal in its sensibility, Burnt Sugar is a luminous collection lovingly compiled by two of the world's foremost authorities on the subject.