HarperCollins Spanish-English College Dictionary (
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Featuring over 255,000 references and translations, this single-direction Spanish to English dictionary allows you to look up words instantly while reading on your Kindle*. Revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary, the seventh edition of HarperCollins Spanish-English College Dictionary is an ideal e-reading companion for intermediate to advanced learners. It draws on Collins’ unique databases of Spanish and English to ensure that you have the most complete and accurate picture of real language available today.
• Set this book as your Kindle’s default dictionary*, and you can look up words without interrupting your reading experience. Simply move the cursor in front of a Spanish word, and a quick English translation will pop up on screen.
• For more detailed study needs, open the dictionary and type in a word to view the full range of translations and idiomatic expressions offered.
• Contains all the latest vocabulary from a wide range of fields, with special feature entries about life and culture in Spanish-speaking countries.
• Includes more than 255,000 references and translations.
• Example sentences, usage information, and detailed translation notes ensure you select the right translation.
• Spanish verb entries contain hyperlinks to key verb conjugations.
• The in-depth treatment of complex words, practical tips on spoken and written Spanish, and extensive coverage of Latin American Spanish make this dictionary the ideal tool for intermediate to advanced students.
• Note that this volume contains the Spanish to English portion of HarperCollins Spanish College Dictionary. For the English to Spanish section, please purchase the companion Vol 1 English-Spanish (ASIN B0052ZQL9W).
*Compatible with Kindle Oasis, Kindle Voyage, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle, Kindle Fire with Fire OS 4.0+, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, Kindle DX, Kindle for Android (version 4.0+), and Kindle for iPad/iPhone (version 4.0+). Default dictionary feature is not supported on Kindle Fire 1st/2nd generation, Kindle for Mac, or Kindle for PC.
ASIN : B0052ZQNVI
Publisher : Intangible Press; 2nd edition (December 19, 2013)
Publication date : December 19, 2013
Language : Spanish
File size : 4.2 MB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 4113 pages
anon –
Very good dictionary but it has “issues” (*** THAT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED***)
*** UPDATE: 5/11/2012For the Kindle Touch, the problem described below and in other reviews where certain classes of conjugated verbs are not recognized has been fixed in software version 5.1.0 and all of the examples I give below are now handled correctly. It is worth stressing that this problem was a Kindle Touch software problem, not a problem with the Harper-Collins dictionary itself. I still maintain this is the best and most thorough Spanish-English translation dictionary for Kindle that I have seen and therefore I am changing my rating to 5 stars. I highly recommend this dictionary, but do be sure to update your Kindle Touch software to the latest version (go to Kindle Support, Kindle Software Updates on the Amazon website). I must also commend the dictionary e-publisher, Intangible Press, for their attention to this issue and pursuing it with Amazon to ensure that a fix was included in the Kindle software update.*** END OF UPDATE All in all, this is a very good dictionary and the best spanish-english dictionary I’ve seen that integrates with the Kindle (but not supported for Kindle Fire or Kindle apps). It is relatively comprehensive, although not as thorough as some printed dictionaries. It includes important modismos (slang expressions), with example usage in the definitions. This is useful when reading an expression that seems not to make much sense since pressing what you would guess is the key word in the expression to bring up its definiton usually allows you to find the appropriate modismo, although you are likely to have to display the full definition and look for it (the price of comprehensiveness and completeness).A great feature, which these days should be absolutely mandatory, is that the dictionary handles conjugated verbs (like hablaba) and forms with attached objects (examples: háblame, ocultándolo) to bring up the definition of the verb. I don’t think it handles forms with more than one attached object – I only found one example in the text I’m currently reading and that was not recognized (example dímelo) so I’m not really sure yet.*** UPDATE TO THE ABOVE COMMENT: while reading a Spanish novel on my kindle I came across “presentármelos” and upon pressing on the word, the dictionary gave the definition of “presentar”, as it should. Therefore verbs with multiple objects are indeed handled correctly, at least in general – I don’t run across these cases much while reading. ***But this dictionary has one gigantic flaw that has been pointed out by other reviewers as well (see Al’s review below). It does not recognize “er” and “ir” verbs congugated in the imperfect or conditional tenses (examples: dirigía, gustaría). It also doesn’t recognize all future and some past tense congugations (examples: morirá, mandaré). Nor does it recognize a number of nouns, adverbs and adjectives that have accents at or near the end of the word (examples: melancolía, quizá, jamás). This is inconvenient because if you run into one of this class of words you don’t know, for example, roerías or herrería you have to stop, actually open the dictionary and look up roer to learn your verb means “you gnawed” or look up herrería to find it means a blacksmith shop.I sent an email to the epublisher questioning these flaws and did not receive a response. I would hope they would address these issues and find a solution for everyone who has purchased this book. For this reason I only give this dictionary 3 stars. I would happily give it 5 stars if the verb conjugation issue is fixed and I will change my rating if I ever see a satisfactory resolution.*** UPDATE: The epublisher replied to my email and seemed genuinely pleased to receive feedback and questions from me – I am hopeful that someday a solution will be found. ***One last feature would be really useful – this works on a different (free) spanish-english dictionary I have. If I look up a spanish word like “celada” and learn that the english word is “sallet” (which is as unknown to me as the spanish word) I could press the word “sallet” in the definition in my other dictionary and it would in turn open the oxford english dictionary that comes with the kindle to show me that sallet is a type of horse helmet. If I press the word sallet in the Harper-Collins dictionary I get a word-not-found message because it tries to look it up in the Harper-Collins spanish-english dictionary rather than in the oxford english dictionary. I don’t know why this works on my free spanish dictionary and not my Harper-Collins – perhaps it has to do with the language metadata settings in the Harper-Collins… This would be a really nice “twofer” feature – two word definitions for the price of one, one in english and one in spanish – a good way to advance vocabulary in both languages!
Lois Bateman –
searching the dictionary
I recently bought this for my HP Touchpad. It will not work as a default dictionary in Kindle on the Touchpad, but it can be opened and manually searched. Unfortunately, it has no built-in search mechanism, and must be searched with the Kindle search button. That makes for a very slow process, taking many minutes if the word being searched for is found near the end of the dictionary. In order to make using this dictionary feasible, I went through it and bookmarked about every 20 to 30 pages. While tedious, the job wasn’t as difficult as it sounds. It took less than 2 hours. Now I can come to within 10 or 15 pages of a word I need by scrolling through my bookmarks. Just be sure that each page you choose to mark begins with an entry word, rather than a continuation of an entry from the previous page. I also made sure to bookmark each page where a new letter of the alphabet began. I ended up with about 220 bookmarks, and may choose to add more “in between” as I see I need them. Amazon, you are missing the boat by not providing a dictionary that can be opened and rapidly searched during a conversation!That all having been said, this is an outstanding dictionary.
Txlucky1 –
Has a few quirks but works great for my needs
It’s only a one-way dictionary from Spanish to English, but that’s all I need it for. I am learning Spanish and want to practice reading in Spanish. If I come to a word I don’t know, I can translate it quickly. I like that conjugated verbs are found. This does not work on the Fire as the default dictionary since you cannot change the dictionary in Fire.
eltangoman –
Works well on the Kindle 3G Keyboard
Compared to other books that have been badly translated from print into Kindle, this time someone did it right. The text fonts are all adjustable with the aA key. The colored text are at a high enough contrast that one can easily read it.As a dictionary, one can lookup words by typing in the search field. The definitions are comprehensive, sometimes taking up a whole page when you hit the return key for “more”.Once I bought this, it set itself up as the default dictionary. I didn’t have to do anything on my Kindle 3G keyboard. When I open a spanish language book, all I need to do is put the cursor next the the work I do not know and the Spanish to English dictionary window pops up with the definition. Even as a dictionary alone, I would have already given it 5 starts, but this auto lookup feature is an incredible bonus. It is a really convenient way to learn Spanish. Well done.
Akom –
Translates about 20% of the words on Kindle 3 (Keyboard)
For example, from the following sentence from “Actitud Mental Positiva”, it translated only one word (“la”):”Algunas personas parecen utilizar constantemente la AMP”The weird thing is that the word “utilizar” is in the dictionary (when searched directly), but does not show up in in-book translation. The other words are not in the dictionary (at least not in this form). Success rate with the rest of the book is more or less the same.Maybe it works better on newer kindles, yet mine is listed among compatible models.I then discovered something interesting. The free “EGC Spanish to English Dictionary V0.2” also only works on newer kindles, but the old version (v0.1) works great on the Kindle Keyboard. To find it I had to dig through the internet archive (wayback machine) for a while, but it was worth it. EGC has a larger word selection anyway.
E. –
Poor Quality
This dictionary only provides definitions of the most basic of basic Spanish words. Anything beyond that scope, including basic conjugated verbs, will not appear when searched. The book is not worth much to those trying to learn Spanish.