The Richest Choice of Words

This dictionary offers the richest coverage of the 24 principal regional varieties of Spanish, with special emphasis on modern idioms and colloquial usage. Words and phrases are clearly marked to show the Spanish-speaking region where they are used, from Spain the Chile or Mexico, from Central America to the river Plate. In addition, variant pronunciations and the degree of formality of words, from formal through to taboo, are marked where necessary. The dictionary is bundled with the Oxford English audio database of 50,000 Oxford pre-recorded audio word pronunciations to help you improve your listening and speaking skills in English.

Convenience and Easy-access Layout

• More than 170,000 words and phrases and 240,000 translations
• Over 50,000 high-quality English audio recordings with British English pronunciations compiled and recorded by Oxford University Press
• Completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary using Oxford's renowned language research programme
• Visual presentation and use of color make dictionary information even more accessible
• In-text cultural notes on life in the Spanish-speaking world
• Covering the rich variety of world of Spanish
• Clarification of idiomatic phrases, compounds, and abbreviations

Note that the audio recordings are just of English words and Spanish audio is not included. The audio pronunciation database requires 57.5Mb free memory space. Memory cards are supported.

The MSDict Dictionary Format

The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.

• Quick dynamic search of words while you type
• Audio pronunciations (through additional installed sound modules)
• Hyperlinks between different related words
• Handy custom filteres added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
  • Fussy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
  • Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
  • Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
• Dynamic changing of font sizes
• History lists of visited words
• Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
• Fullscreen support
• Page scrolling mode added
• Ability to select and change the language for MSDict menus and messages. The supported languages are- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Finish, Russian and Portuguese.
• Copy single words, selected paragraphs or whole word definitions in external programs on your phone
• Two different work modes- View and Selection for your convenience when browsing word definition