The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms : 4,000 Idiomatic 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 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. - 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