Drawn from the highly acclaimed Oxford Spanish Dictionary, this new desk edition is more comprehensive, authoritative, and up to date than any other dictionary of comparable size, with over 80,000 words and 115,000 translations. Employing an extensive electronic database, The Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary accurately reflects how both languages are spoken and written in all contexts, from literature to informal speech to technical and scientific publication. This edition offers: the fullest treatment of Latin-American Spanish; thematic boxes dealing with key areas such as age, time, countries, and sports; thousands of examples drawn from real speech and written sources; invaluable practical help, including sample letters, resumes, advertisements, job applications, and more. Compact and comprehensive, The Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary is ideal for travelers, professionals, business people, and students of either language, from Kansas City to Caracas, and from Manchester to Madrid.