Overview

The most comprehensive and extensive Spanish vocabulary book in print. This book is an extremely extensive Spanish vocabulary guide that also doubles as a Spanish-English dictionary. It has many sections, among which the two most notable ones are the unusually large sections focusing on colloquial (slang and generally informal) language and on cognate patterns. Learning these cognate patterns will help you expand your vocabulary enormously and very rapidly by learning to predict word meanings and the existence of words in Spanish. Other significant sections focus on expressions (with many complete sentences) related to travel, food, education, emergencies, and basic conversation. The largest part of the book is the A-to-Z Spanish-to-English section. There is an also an excellent por vs. para section (with a great summary, followed by the more complete portion). Basically, this is the book that the author wishes he could have purchased thirty five years ago, when he began to study the language seriously. Although there are innumerable Spanish language textbooks and grammar books, there are few intermediate and advanced vocabulary books, and those that do exist are far too limited in both scope and scale. Likewise, the existing ""street"" or slang dictionaries for learners of Spanish are also far too limited. This work seeks to fill those gaps. The author has worked on it for many years, and has written it with the experience of being both a teacher and a student (a student of a few languages). Given that dual perspective, this book would be a great resource for any and all purchasers, including (but not limited to) serious college-level learners, do-it-yourselfers who look for language-learning guides at the local bookstore or library, travelers who want to be able to truly engage with the locals in the Spanish-speaking world, medical professionals, first responders, anyone who works with Spanish-speaking customers, and more.

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Reviews

""It is the most thorough Spanish book I have seen. I would recommend for anyone learning Spanish. An excellent resource to have while you are learning the language."" (anonymous purchaser from Amazon) ""If sheer mass is how you judge books, then you'll fully appreciate what a bargain this epic represents. If, instead, you (correctly) prefer content to bulk, you only need to peruse the chapter on cognates (words that are similar in both languages). You'll come away with a couple of thousand Spanish words you didn't know you already knew. And that's just one chapter. If you're interested in colloquialisms you probably shouldn't use in a conversation with your mother, you'll find them inside. If you need to know anything else having to do with Spanish, it's already in there. Go take a look."" (Glen Roberts) ""This is a brilliant book."" (Laura Elkin)

Author Information

Bruce Fox is a Spanish Professor and the Curriculum Coordinator of the Department of Foreign Languages at St. Johns River State College. He has travelled extensively in Latin America, spending that time conversing with everyday people in the local forms of the language. He has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in Spanish and a Ph.D. in Modern Languages from Wayne State University. He has taught Spanish at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, and SJR State. Prior to teaching, he lived and worked with Hispanic migrant farm workers, lived and worked on an organic farm, and worked as a zookeeper (primarily with the chimpanzees and other primates).

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