Spanish Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary: 2500 Most Common Spanish Words (Learn Spanish with the Spanish Frequency Dictionaries)

I've been using a vocabulary course in Spanish with Paul, a pretty good learning site. Language gets into my head when I write it out. This frequency list, different than the one I've been using, offers a list of words that are put into context through good, meaty sentences, which my other tool often does not do. So I'm just going to whack my way through, writing out the words and sentences, and I'm finding that if I do that, the vocab sticks.

THE SPANISH WORDS ARE LISTED WITH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND A SHORT PHRASE OR SENTENCE IN ENGLISH. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE WORDS ARE IN THE ORDER OF MOST USED FIRST AND THE LAST WORDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT OFTEN USED. MANY SPANISH BOOKS ARE NOT THAT WAY AND IT IS MORE INTERESTING TO LEARN WORDS YOU WILL USE RIGHT AWAY, RATHER THAN WORDS YOU WILL NOT USE FOR MONTHS. I PLAN TO FEED THE WORDS INTO "ANKI" A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WILL CREATE COMPUTER FLASH CARDS. IT WILL THEN PRESENT THE FRONT OF THE CARD WITH A QUESTION AND SEE IF I KNOW THE ANSWER. THE BACK OF THE CARD HAS THE ANSWER WHICH I CAN SEE WITH A TAP ON THE COMPUTER. THE BACK CAN HOLD PICTURES, AUDIO OF THE NATIVE SPEAKER, VIDEO OR WHATEVER. IT WILL EXPAND TO ACCOMMODATE. PROGRAM IS FREE. IF I CANNOT ANSWER CORRECTLY IT WILL COME UP AGAIN SOON, IF I GET IT CORRECT IT WILL NOT COME UP FOR A DAY OR TWO DEPENDING ON HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME TO ANSWER. THE OBJECT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PRESENT THE WORDS BEFORE YOU FORGET THAT WILL HELP TO SECURE THE WORD IN LONG-TERM MEMORY IN YOUR BRAIN -- TRY IT, YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING THAT WAY.

Perfect supplement for the serious language studies.Highly recommend.

This has been a great review source for me, and I imagine, it would also be great for those just starting out. My only gripe, is it's large. A book like this (in my opinion) would be much better in a more condensed *size of your hand* version. So it can be taken on the go and placed in a pocket for quick study while riding the bus or waiting in line. I'm currently in the process of re-writing this by hand into that pocket sized version so I can study on the go, but it would be nice if it already had that option. Otherwise, it's a great book.

Essential information for Elementary Spanish teachers!

The book is made for people who want to increase their Spanish vocabulary. It is made well and very clear. If you want a book to see what words you know or don't this is your perfect check list book

This book is great. Not only does it give you sentences that are not plain with the most frequently used words, it also has the nouns and verbs split towards the end so if you really want to specifically practice the most used verbs you can with ease and it shows you as well what page the sentences would be on. Im personally trying to put the sentences in my Anki app for repetition (10 sentences a day).

Good list of words. The reason for the 4 stars is that some examples of word usage are in my opinion too complex for spanish learners to comprehend, as a learner I would not be using these complex sentences, and my preference would be that the examples were more relevant to a person who is studying Spanish, for this reason I use the list in combination with other dictionaries. This said, in the preface the publisher did mention that some example of a word usage are complex, and some are simple.

Decent enough. Sometimes the sentences are just plain bizarre. Also, some example sentences you’ll need to know more than the basics.

Libro super recomendable para iniciarse con inglés. Muy útil.

Love this book! I've been looking for the best way to accumulate words for my Spanish vocabulary as a beginner and this book meets all my needs. There are example sentences to help with the context of the words, which makes it much easier to learn and retain the words long term. As well as passively picking up the new words in those example sentences. There is a useful glossary at the back of the book that break the words in nouns, pronouns, adjectives, etc. Would highly recommend this book because it has helped me with Spanish more than any other book or app I've bought before.

I bought this book on the basis of the two previous reviews, which both gave 5 stars, so my expectations were high. On the positive side, the listing of only the dictionary form of a verb (the infinitive, rather than an entry for each conjugation) is more accurate and makes knowing which verbs to learn significantly easier. The separate listings at the back of the book (parts of speech and alphabetically) are also especially useful.However, when reading the blurb and the introductory text, I was appalled at the number of misspellings, grammatical and typing errors. On one page alone I encountered it's instead of its, developped, #9 instead of 9th, few and inbetween instead of few and far between, vers instead of verbs, either x and y (instead of x or y) and the sentence "Decide for yourself on not wether (sic) you should learn a translation or not." Although the introduction is not an integral part of the dictionary, the lack of care taken in writing it does not exactly inspire confidence in the publication as a whole, particularly as the subject matter is language.Book One lists the 2500 most common Spanish words in descending order, the value of this being, according to the compilers, that you can learn the language as fast and efficiently as possible by concentrating on those words which are used most frequently. So far, so good. Each word is contextualised in an example sentence, followed by its English translation. One can safely say that this book is aimed at beginners. Very early on - Rank 17 - the verb "estar" (to be) is listed. The example sentence for this is "Dicha exigencia deberá estar debidamente motivada" which translates as "Such request should be duly reasoned." (I'm not actually sure I know what this means.) This six-word sentence contains four words which are not within the 2500-word scope of the book. The value of this sentence at such an early stage of learning is therefore questionable. Surely something along the lines of "The bookshop is at the corner of the next street" would have provided a more useful example for a beginner. Several other early entries seem to be plagued by the same problem. But in the introduction, under the heading "This word doesn't belong here!" it states "In our opinion, it is important you do know these words." As a beginner, I beg to differ.A few small points which the compilers might like to bear in mind for the next edition:Firstly, the verb "esposar"/reflexive verb "esposarse" (to handcuff) is listed at rank 206, before words such as which, hand, there, of course, take, minute, understand, week, boss .... Although the compilers express surprise at some of their findings, I suggest there really is a mistake here. (This may relate to the fact that the noun "esposa" not only means "handcuff", but also "wife", although this would surely affect an entry for the noun, (listed separately at rank 1462) not the verb - my Spanish is not good enough to make sense of this.)Secondly, it is rather irritating when the headword appears at the foot of a right-hand page and the part of speech, IPA, context sentence and translation are at the top of the next. This occurs more than a few times.Thirdly, a Spanish flag together with the (British) union flag on the back cover suggests the translations are in British English. Translations I have come across so far have mostly been in AE: mom, movie, gotten, pants (for trousers), elevator, cookie, gasoline; on the other hand I also find autumn and not fall. It might be a good idea to chose one or the other version and stick to it.

Good idea, but as stated in previous reviews.. Mistakes. Having to use spanishdict.com to compare when adding to anki... For 30 pound not worth it!