English-Spanish Dictionary/Grand Diccionario Espanol-Ingles (English and Spanish Edition)

New edition of an unabridged dictionary for academic, professional, student, and business needs, emphasizing those aspects of language confronting users in their daily lives. Without sacrificing tradition to modernity, ample space is given to current developments in the idiomatic and colloquial use of both languages, with particular attention to Spanish and English usage in the Americas. The 8,000 new items which have been added to the original text include numerous new entries that bear witness to the many recent advances in science and technology, as well as other more general terms drawn from contemporary life and culture. Distributed by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.