The big red book of Spanish idioms : 12,000 Spanish and English expressions

For every learner who has wasted dictionary time looking up the individual parts of a Spanish saying only to have the whole add up to nonsense, The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms provides innovative and easy access to scores of turns-of-phrase and their idiomatic English equivalents. With more than 4,000 Spanish expressions arranged by keyword, numerous example sentences, and an extensive index for cross-referencing, you can quickly find phrase-based translations by way of either English or Spanish. Compact and comprehensive, this tool is perfect for a student's backpack or a translator's briefcase.

The most comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to idioms used in Spanish and English

Idioms are the heart and soul of a language as it's actually used, and Spanish has thousands of these mystifying expressions—most of which you won't find in any bilingual dictionary. With The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms you'll never be in the dark about the meanings of idioms and colloquialisms used across the Spanish-speaking world. And you'll never be at a loss for the right turn of phrase when speaking or writing Spanish.

The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms is filled with:

• 4,000 idioms arranged according to Spanish keywords
• 1,800 Spanish keywords and their English equivalents
• 1,800 example sentences for guidance in usage
• 8,000 matching English expressions
• An English-Spanish Index—to steer you to the right idioms, instantly
• Extensive cross-referencing that lets you access material in either language

By matching Spanish idioms with English expressions of a similar tone or register, this dictionary makes an ideal reference not only for students of Spanish but also for Spanish-speaking learners of English.

Peter Weibel is an experienced writer and teacher of both German and Spanish.

Any student of a foreign language can tell you that sometimes the dictionary just doesn't cut it - you come across a string of mystifying words, look them up individually in the dictionary, try and piece together the larger meaning, then give up. Now imagine that when you encountered such a phrase, you could simply look it up in The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms and immediately know its meaning. That is exactly what this new Spanish reference title will enable learners to do; quickly, easily look up Spanish idioms and phrases that they come across and get an English idiomatic equivalent. This innovative reference tool also allows the user to look up an English phrase and get its Spanish idiomatic equivalent.; In addition to the over 4,000 Spanish idioms listed in this work (arranged by keyword), a main feature will be the index that cross-references the phrases. All the key words from the English translations or equivalents are listed, allowing the user to access the material from English as well as Spanish. Using an English word or phrase, you will be able to find an appropriate Spanish idiom - as opposed to creating a literal translation in Spanish that means nonsense Terms of Use......Page 5 Want to learn more?......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 9 Using the Dictionary......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 13 Spanish-English Idiomatic Dictionary......Page 15 A......Page 16 B......Page 26 C......Page 38 CH......Page 73 D......Page 74 E......Page 80 F......Page 86 G......Page 92 H......Page 100 I......Page 108 J......Page 110 K......Page 113 L......Page 114 LL......Page 121 M......Page 122 N......Page 134 Ñ......Page 139 O......Page 140 P......Page 145 Q......Page 175 R......Page 177 S......Page 186 T......Page 197 U......Page 210 V......Page 211 W......Page 218 Y......Page 219 Z......Page 220 English-Spanish Dictionary and Index......Page 223 A......Page 224 B......Page 229 C......Page 244 D......Page 257 E......Page 267 F......Page 273 G......Page 282 H......Page 289 I......Page 299 J......Page 302 K......Page 304 L......Page 307 M......Page 316 N......Page 324 O......Page 329 P......Page 333 Q......Page 344 R......Page 345 S......Page 351 T......Page 374 U......Page 387 V......Page 389 W......Page 390 X......Page 399 Y......Page 400 Z......Page 401 Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index