Webster's New World Concise Spanish Dictionary

Todo idioma en sí mismo es una historia fascinante y completa. La lengua castellana habla tanto de lo que somos como de nuestra herencia, la cual ha sido concebida con la amalgama de diversas materias culturales a través de los siglos. La evolución de todo idioma sobreviene de un cambio de creencias y costumbres, del surgimiento de mitos e tabúes, de modas que se transforman, de revoluciones culturales y tecnológicas, de estremecimientos sociales o políticos; y el ritmo de esos cambios acompaña al de las generaciones sin respetar los límites que los conservacionistas del habla...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

The Berlitz Spanish Vocabulary Handbook presents more than 8,000 key terms and phrase--including essential vocabulary for business professional--organized by function and topic and thoroughly cross-referenced. A perfect supplement for learners of Spanish at all levels. 256 pages.

A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.