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Online Spanish Dictionary Sites

Don't get me wrong, paper dictionaries are great. However, sometimes you just can't find what you're looking for and you might have luck finding the translation for that elusive word in an online dictionary.

While I will always have an affinity for reference books (especially Spanish language dictionaries), I do have a collection of online Spanish dictionary links that I use in my work, which might be useful for you.

Before I get to the list, however, I do need to warn you to excercise a bit of caution when using online Spanish dictionaries. As I talked about in my discussion of Spanish slang translation, what is written on the internet must not be taken as fact first time around. Good translators will always confirm and reconfirm questionable translations and only when they are sure will they commit to a word. Take what's given to you in the following online dictionaries with a grain of salt.

List of online Spanish dictionaries in alphabetical order:

  • Diccionaries.com:General online Spanish dictionary along with a synonym and antonym dictionary.

  • Ectaco.com: Online dictionary from one of the leaders in translation technology products and translation software.

  • ElMundo.es: An online Spanish dictionary with antonym and synonym search functions.

  • FreeDict.com: Just your regular online Spanish English, English Spanish online dictionary.

  • LittleExplorers.com: The online version of their Children's picture dictionary.

  • Online-Dictionary.biz: English Spanish online dictionary with over 55,000 terms.

  • SpanishDict.com: An generalized online Spanish dictionary with almost 57,000 entries and over 10,000 audio pronunciations.

  • v7w.com: An online dictionary with 60,000 terms, including commonly used patterns, correspondence phrases, contract phrases, and scientific expressions.

  • WordReference.com: Online French, Italian, and Spanish dictionary. Downloadable toolbar for translating.

  • Yahoo.com: An overview of the Yahoo Spanish English dictionary at the Yahoo reference page.

  • YourDictionary.com: A comprehensive portal of numerous Spanish language dictionaries.