Based on the best-selling Oxford Spanish Dictionary, this new desk edition retains all the unique features, including maximum coverage with over 80,000 words and phrases and 115,000 translations; more complete treatment of Latin-American Spanish than any dictionary of comparable size; thousands of examples drawn from real speech and written sources; vocabulary for business, computing, and current affairs; thematic boxes dealing with key areas such as age, time, countries, and sports; and practical helps including smaple letters, resumes, advertisements, job applications, and more. This handy, authoritative, and easy-to-use dictionary is the best choice for students, travelers, business people, and anyone needing an invaluable resource of the Spanish language. _

Offers definitions of more than 90,000 English and Spanish words and phrases, along with information on grammar, Spanish- and English-speaking countries, and sample letters and other communications.