Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary / Edition 1

by Scott Thomas, Gaby Thomas, Rose Nash

Overview

A new, and dramaticallyimproved, three-prongedapproach to learning Spanishvocabulary

The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabularyis much, much more than a Spanish vocabularyreference! This unique and completeresource combines three complementaryapproaches to vocabulary building—cognates,root families, and suffixes—toinstantly increase word familiarity and aidmemorization.

Whether for active face-to-face communicationor passive comprehension of written orspoken words, an in-depth knowledge ofvocabulary is the key to foreign languagemastery. The Big Red Book of SpanishVocabulary makes acquiring this masterysimpler and more straightforward than everbefore by providing:

• An extensive thematic list of Spanishcognates and an alphabetic glossary ofSpanish root families—both with morethan 14,000 entries
• A comprehensive listing of the 130 mostcommon Spanish suffixes, with 4,000common examples
• A frequency index listing the 5,000 mostfrequently used words in Spanish
• An alphabetic index cross-referencingevery entry in the root, suffix, andfrequency sections

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071447256
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/26/2005
Series:	Big Book of Verbs Series
Edition description:	Net
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	654,181
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

Scott Thomas and Gaby Thomas are veteran translators, interpreters, and teachers. Rose Nash, Ph.D., is a professor emerita of Linguistics. Dorothy Richmond is a successful author of Spanish-language books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Using This Vocabulary Book

Explanation of how to use the dictionaries in this book
Abbrevaitions and Grammatical Notes

Thesaurus of Spanish Cognates
Thematically-ordered lists of 14,000 English-Spanish Cognates

The Wide World of Words
Everyday VocabularyDictionaries
Books and LibrariesJournalism
Literature

Pleasures and Pastimes

EntertainmentSportsGamesTelevison and VideoMovies PhotographyAmateur RadioPersonal ComputersTravel and Tourism

The Arts

Art and Aesthetics

Music

Dancing

Theater Performance

Visual Arts

Architecture

Knowledge, Faith, and the Paranormal

Philosphy

Religion

Magic

Daily Living

The City

Home Furnishings

Food and Nutrition

Beverages

Automobiles

Work

Keeping the Body Beautiful

Clothing

Cosmetics and Grooming

Gems and Jewelry

The Inner Self

Feelings and Emotins

Character Traits

Sense Impressions

Actions and Actors

Experiences
Forms of Address

Personal Names

Titles

Roles and Relationships

Society and Culture

Family

Education

Organizations and Meetings

Sociology

Anthropology

Affairs of State
Law

The military establishment

Politics and Government

Buying and Selling

Economics

Business

Money and Finance

Transportation

Aviation and Spance Travel

Boats and Ships

Land Transportation

Living Things Great and Small

plants

aniamals

biology

Medical Matters

The Human body

Medical practice

Physical Disorders

Drugs

Death

Age and Aging

Understanding Our Universe

Science and the Sciences

Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry

Meterology

Putting Science to Work

Technology

Agriculture

Communications

Electricity and Electionics

Textiles

Quantification

Measurment

Time

Size and Degree

Counting and Arrangement

All About Language

Liguistics

Phonology

Grammar

Writing

Using Language

Languages of the World

Our Planet and Its peoples
Geography

Place names: Physical

Place names: political

Common False Cognates

Dictionary of Spanish Roots

Guide to Spanish Suffies

Spanish Frequency Table

Alaphabetical Index