Spanish Language and Literature
Provides resources, strategies, and information on conducting research in literature and language of the Spanish-speaking countries.
Dictionaries of the Real Academia Española
Founded in 1713, the Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) aims to ensure a common standard and linguistic unity within and between the Spanish-speaking nations. In collaboration with the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, it produces the most authoritative dictionaries of the Spanish language, many of them available online.
Other Online Dictionaries
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Oxford Reference: Bilingual DictionariesIncludes Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary and Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary.
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SpanishDictSpanish-English with audio pronunciation and usage examples.
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Lexilogos: Spanish DictionaryGives definitions and translations from a wide variety of dictionaries such as Larousse, Collins, and others.
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Diccionario de americanismosPublished by Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, this dictionary collects words and expressions of Spanish spoken in Latin America.
Print Dictionaries
The most extensive collections of print Spanish language dictionaries can be found in the Hatcher Reference Room and the 4th floor Hatcher South stacks in the call number range PC4460 - PC4628. Spanish-English dictionaries are in the range PC4629 - PC4680.
Here are some notable dictionaries:
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Diccionario de autoridades.Real Academia Española
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Diccionario de uso del español.by María Moliner
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Nuevo tesoro lexicográfico del español: (S. XIV-1726).by Lidio Nieto Jiménez and Manuel Alvar Ezquerra.
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Tesoro de la lengua castellana, o española.by Sebastián de Covarrubias Horozco
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Tesoro lexicográfico, 1492-1726.by Samuel Gili Gaya
Specialized Dictionaries
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Diccionario de abreviaturas novohispanas. Ak’ab Ts’ibPaleographic tool that aids reading and transcription of early Hispanic American manuscripts.
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Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola - Ladino durante todas las epokasHebrew-Ladino/Ladino-Hebrew dictionary
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Diccionario de neologismos del español actualCompilation of new words in peninsular Spanish as documented by the press of the provinces of Murcia and Alicante.
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Diccionario panhispánico del español jurídicoSpanish-Spanish dictionary of legal terms.
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