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Spanish Language Resources

DICTIONARIES
TRANSLATORS

GRAMMAR & LEARNING RESOURCES
OTHER RESOURCES

Harvard University Lamont Library's: "Great Links on the Web: Languages

DICTIONARIES
Buscon de la RAE
Searches for the definitions of words in a wide range of editions going back to the first one in the 18th century.
Diccionarios.com
Translates words from and into Spanish, English, French, and Catalan (powered by Vox, Larrouse, Harrap's).
Diccionario de sinónimos
Thesaurus compiled by the University of Oviedo.
DRAE
Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language.
Free Useful Resources
Several free and downloadable Spanish worksheets, free Spanish video tutorials from our teachers and a helpful article which gives users tips to improve Spanish quickly.
Glossary of Spanish-English for Business
Translates business terms from Spanish into English and vice versa.
Learn Spanish Resources
Spanish/English dictionary tool you can download to your website.
Medical Spanish
This is a commercial website, but there is a lot of free material, including a lot of audio.
Online Spanish Spellcheck
Checks the spelling of a word or a whole text in Spanish.

For multi-language dictionaries, click here.

TRANSLATORS
Babelfish
A popular translation engine that can be applied to a word, a passage or a whole web page.
Dictionary.com translator
A translation tool from SYSTRAN.
Foreign Word.com
A series of miscellaneous sources dedicated to online translators and dictionaries.
Lexicool
Comprehensive directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries on the Internet. The site has a fully searchable database, with over a thousand titles referenced.
Lingo 24 Parasaurus Rex Spanish-
Free Spanish language paraphrasing tool which allows to find alternative expressions for words and phrases in Spanish.
SYSTRANET
The "megasource" for online translating.
Word Reference.com

Highlight a word on a webpage and have it tranlslated into English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French. Also an online dictionary for those languages. Auto-translation only for Windows users.

GRAMMAR AND LEARNING RESOURCES
“About.Spanish.com”
Guide to Websites related to Spain and the Spanish language, including dictionaries, grammar, literature, schools, software, pen pals, and more.
Basic Spanish for the Virtual Student
Extensive beginning Spanish lessons. Includes vocabulary, grammar, verb conjugation, and a list of 500 irregular Spanish verbs (with definitions).
BBC Education -- Spanish
A large number of interactive tutorials for students of all levels, including absolute beginners, beginners, intermediate, students revising for their GCSE exams and others.
Business Spanish
Devoted to general Spanish rather than to business terms. Beginner, intermediate, advanced lessons with audio that covers over 100 themes, conversations, cultural notes. Daily tutorials.
Eeslpartyland
This site contains a variety of resource links.
Gramática y ortografía

Explanations of Spanish grammar and some on-line tests for practice elaborated by a Spanish instructor at the University of Indiana. In Spanish.
Lapasserelle (Multimedia)
This site provides a page of multimedia video clips to learn languages with songs and excepts of movies.
Lapasserelle (Spanish Course)
Site provides free online Spanish course.
Learn Spanish

Simple site with basic information about the Spanish language.
Learn Spanish Feel Good
A free online Spanish tutorial.
Learn Spanish Free Online
A free online Spanish tutorial.

Learn Spanish Today
A free online Spanish tutorial.

Medical Spanish for Healthcare Providers
A self-paced medical Spanish immersion, with vocabulary including greetings, history, examination, and everyday speech, all with translation and audio.Designed to be helpful for a variety of medical personnel.
Online Spanish
An access to free grammar explanations, exercises, texts about Spanish & Latin American culture, and a Spanish level test.
Online Spanish Help
Includes on-line courses, Spanish for travelers, basic to advanced-level Spanish tutorials, college courses in Spanish (complete with grammar exercises and tests), dictionaries, cultural materials, games and much more.
Spanish Grammar Help
Help for tricky grammar and vocabulary topics: ser vs estar, stem-change verbs, por vs para, subjunctive, and more.
Spanish Pronto!
Spanish grammar and vocabulary essentials; reading practices; and selected, annotated links.
Study Spanish
A free online Spanish tutorial. Pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verb drills, travel helper, cultural notes.

OTHER RESOURCES
Goethe-Tests
100 free online vocabulary tests to/from 10 different languages, including Spanish.

 


Last updated on December 3, 2009