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Here are some Websites that offer Spanish-English dictionaries. You may want to bookmark them (Netscape) or add them to your favorites (Explorer). Some of these sites also offer other dictionaries which you will find useful when you have become more fluent in Spanish.

Word Reference   http://wordreference.com/
 
Your Dictionary—Spanish Dictionaries   http://www.yourdictionary.com
 
Diccionarios.com   http://www.diccionarios.com/
 

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diccionario español inglés / dictionary Spanish English

  1. Check out the capabilities of the Word Reference online dictionary. Type in the word "desfile." What English translations come up? What other Spanish word is related to "desfile"?
  2. In the Diccionarios.com site, go to the English-Spanish search box and type in a word. What word did you type? What was the translation?
  3. Go to Your Dictionary—Spanish Dictionaries site. This site provides a large number of Spanish dictionaries. What are some of the specialty dictionaries available? What cognates help you recognize their subject matter?
  4. On the Your Dictionary page, click on "Spanish-English Semantically Organized Dictionary." What are some of the categories in which Spanish words and phrases are organized? Is there one of these that you think would be useful for you right now? Which?

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