Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
Book Review: Excellent Addition to the Toolkit
Summary: 5 Stars
A must have for my self study project. Trying to teach myself spanish. My learning curve is steep and this book at my fingertips at home or at work helps me translate my thoughts to Spanish. Very happy that I bought it.Book Review: Book Review
Summary: 5 Stars
The dictionary is very helpful, and has many of the words that I need to find a translation for. It is a great product.Book Review: Excellent complement to curriculum
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter is learning Spanish via computer curriculum and my rusty memory. This book has been a tremendous aid in building vocabulary, as well as bringing understanding to the conjugation of verbs. Its ease of use makes her bring it to our workplace so she can converse with the bilingual people there. Book Review: Good generic dictionary
Summary: 4 Stars
For what this is -- a generic foreign language dictionary, it serves its purpose and serves it well.Book Review: If you trust this one, you may offend
Summary: 3 Stars
While good in every other way, this dictionary is missing a vital part for anyone who wants to be able to communicate without embarrassment. It neglects to warn of vulgar words and phrases. It skips from "shirt" to "shiver" in the English section. On the Spanish side, it fails to tell that, while "coger" is a perfectly ordinary and acceptable way to say "to take" in Spain, it is very vulgar in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. There are many other examples, but it is not necessary to cite them here.
Whether you are looking to offend or looking to avoid offending, Merriam-Webster's will not help you. Always check. If this feature is missing, keep looking. The University of Chicago Spanish-English Dictionary, Cassell's Spanish & English Dictionary , and others do list and warn of vulgar and extremely vulgar words in both English. Whatever they cost, they are a much better buys.