secondly as a tool to check the meaning of any word on a webpage that you might be viewing.
1. Type in a word for a quick definition. There are four multilingual translation dictionaries and one extremely big English dictionary.
The English Spanish part alone has over 160,000 words with more than 230,000 translations. On paper it is 1290 pages.
The definitions are very comprehensive and lots of common phrases are added to the word or definition.
Translate 'Dog' with the Spanish Dictionary
For example I typed in 'dog' to translate and got many different uses of the word 'dog' including slang interpretations, things about dog races, it's dog eat dog etc etc:
dog [dog]
A noun 1 perro/a m/f
the dogs (British) (informal) (= greyhounds) las carreras de galgos
IDIOM: it's dog eat dog in this placeaquí se despedazan unos a otros
IDIOM: to go to the dogs (informal)
[person] echarse a perder
[nation, country] ir a la ruina
IDIOM: it's a dog's lifees una vida de perros
and several others as well as a number of sayings that include the word 'dog' such as:
SAYING: every dog has its day a cada cerdo le llega su San Martín
SAYING: let sleeping dogs lie más vale no meneallo
2 (= male animal) macho m
....and lots more.
2. Ever been stuck on the meaning of a word on a webpage while surfing?
Spanish Dictionary Translates webpages
With this translation software you just highlight the word with your mouse and in a mouse click you will get the definition from the Collins Dictionaries. (They call this a browser add-on tool).
WordReference Personal works with Windows and comes in two forms, one for Netscape, one for Internet Explorer.
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