This all-new pocket-sized handbook presents more than 2000 of the most common currently used Spanish idioms with their meanings given in English. Each idiomatic word or phrase is used in a Spanish model sentence and repeated in its English translation. Here is an excellent reference book for students of Spanish,and for travelers hoping to pick up the flavor of the language as it is actually spoken. If you want to speak Spanish like a native, start by learning some expressions with this dictionary of idioms.

This bilingual dictionary is especially useful in translation and composition, and is also designed to be used by students whose first language is French, and who want to write and speak correct but informal English.
350 pp., paper