Dictionaries

The dictionary of reference for Spanish, it is the result of collaboration between all of the language's academies and aims to document the general vocabulary used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

A selection of dictionaries published by the Royal Spanish Academy. It includes general language dictionaries, historical dictionaries (providing insight into how Spanish was used in determinate past eras), a specialist dictionary on legal Spanish, a dictionary answering common doubts, as well as various other such works.

A reverse or ideological dictionary that lets you search for words by concept. It does not give the definition of a given word, as traditional dictionaries do, instead it returns words using the search terms found in their definitions.

Online thesaurus for Spanish synonyms, with search results subclassified according to main meanings.

A tool to find the definitions of terms and their antonyms.

The Diccionario de americanismos has a collection of 120,000 entries, including specific words and phrases used in Latin American Spanish.

A specific dictionary of Chilean lexis and idioms.

A dictionary of Mexican expressions from the Mexican Academy of Language.

A specific Mexican lexical dictionary from the Mexican Academy of Language.

A specific Colombian lexical dictionary from the Colombian Academy of Language.

The site offers free access to a number of the dictionaries produced by the Oxford University Press, including British and World, and US English dictionaries, and Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionaries. It also includes a section on Grammar and Usage.

Merriam-Webster produces the leading dictionaries for US English. All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world.

Abbreviations dictionary providing the definitions of acronyms, initialisms and other shortened forms. It provides over a million definitions, as well as 850,000 postal codes from Canada and the United States. This resource offers a range of filters for different subject areas, allowing you to hone your searches to fields such as IT, military & government, business & finance or science & medicine.

An Oxford Reference Online dictionary specialising in IT terminology and containing over 6,500 definitions.

Online dictionary describing terms related to the Web, software technology, jargon, e-commerce, security, and the technical and organizational infrastructure of the Internet. It also contains useful links to relevant websites.

Vocabulary on criminal law, criminal procedure, prison law and military law. Each item shows the names in Catalan and Spanish equivalents, subject area and explanatory notes.

Online version of the Diccionari de dret administratiu. Contains terms with the definition and explanatory notes in Catalan, Spanish equivalents and subject area.

This dictionary contains terms of civil law applicable in Catalonia: general, obligations and contracts civil law, in rem rights, family law and inheritance law. Each article contains the terms in Catalan, the equivalent in Spanish, definitions and explanatory notes.

This compilation includes terms referring to the institutions of the European Union and the public function, EU law, European construction and EU finances. It contains the terms in Catalan and with the equivalents in Spanish, French and English.

This dictionary contains the basic terms required for preparing income and equity tax returns. It includes more than a hundred names and terms with the definition in Catalan and with Spanish equivalents, and has been revised and approved by experts from the Official Association of Administrative Managers of Catalonia.

Catalan-Spanish bilingual trade law vocabulary drawn up by the Language Policy Commission of the University of Barcelona Law Faculty.

The Diccionari jurídic català is a specialized encyclopaedic dictionary which aims to gather terms that are part of the diverse disciplines of Law, as public law, civil law, criminal law, procedural law, canon law, environmental law and commercial law, among others.

It also includes terms belonging to history of Law, biographies of famous deceased Catalan jurists -and that have a certain scientific production - and Latin phrases used in law reviews.

This dictionary specializes in legal terminology and is approved by the Royal Spanish Academy and the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary.

If you don't understand tax terminology in English, then this dictionary may help you as it contains over 8,000 tax terms.

The Law Dictionary is the online version of the Black's Law Dictionary, the most widely used law dictionary in the U.S.A. It is the source of reference for definitions in legal briefs and court opinions and has been cited as a secondary legal authority in many U.S. Supreme Court cases.

The TERMCAT website provides access to a range of specialised online reference works covering the different areas of law, including a dictionary of civil law, dictionary of administrative law, the European Communities Lexicon, electoral and notarial terminology, and a penal law glossary.

Dictionary of legal terminology and definitions.

The aim of this dictionary is to provide non-specialist readers (students, newspaper readers, those who attend conferences, speeches, debates, etc.), a simple explanation and interpretation of the main concepts that are part of the universe of political discourse, its historical development, current use, or its related or antithetical concepts, as well as the most significant authors and works. This edition expands and updates bibliography and incorporates terms referring to the Latin American situation.

Work on political thought widely acclaimed as a profound and incisive guide to political ideas, covering every aspect of political thought, defining concepts and ideologies, and surveying the arguments on issues.

Situating, describing and appraising women's participation in the general movement of political change means attempting to examine their overall influence without highlighting individual acts that legitimise absences and inequalities.

Anthropologists, philosophers, political analysts and sociologists contribute to the undertaking in question through the resources of their disciplines, resulting in a highly relevant work that is both unique and unmissable.

The Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflicts was compiled by the Institute of Peace and Conflicts at the University of Granada.

All of the political parties that have existed in Catalonia during the twentieth century and up to the present, explained and analyzed by a team of specialists in political science and history. Includes over 700 parties, covering their history, ideology, organization, leaders, congresses, number of members, coalitions, publications and election results. In addition there is an index including over 2,800 names of all the figures that appear in the dictionary and another with all of the parties’ press items. A very useful dictionary for any reader interested in the political history of the twentieth century in Catalonia.

Basic electoral terminology from TERMCAT, listing terms related to aspects of electoral processes and systems. Terms and definitions are given in Catalan, together with equivalents in Spanish, French and English.

This dictionary contains hundreds of terms with the denominations and definition in Catalan and equivalents in Spanish, French and English, relating to financial markets and corresponding to seven thematic areas. This is the online version of the Dictionary of Financial Markets, a joint project between the Department of Economics and Finance of the Government of Catalonia and the Terminology Center TERMCAT, which systematizes for the first time financial terminology in Catalan.

E-book that defines more than three thousand terms related to banking, finance and money management, and includes a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Dictionary that provides comprehensive and updated definitions of hundreds of terms related to banking. Many of the entries are accompanied by examples, illustrations and tables. At the back of the volume there is a list of abbreviations and acronyms, as well as a table of world currencies by country.

Dictionary containing over 3,000 terms explained in clear and simple language. Topics covered include inflation, exchange rates, macroeconomics, important economists, theories, policies, principles, rules and laws.

Dictionary featuring definitions of the latest financial jargon and covering a wide range of topics, including financial accounting, financial reports, management accounting, direct and indirect taxes, corporate finance and auditing.

A detailed guide of all aspects of human geography, including cultural, social, developmental, economic, political and health geography. It offers clear and accessible entries on everything from acronyms, organizations and basic terms to biographies, concepts, major periods and schools in the history of human geography.

A free-to-use online glossary of financial terms with over 10,000 entries. It forms part of the Financial Times.

This is a free-to-access online glossary of economic terms from The Economist.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE), 2nd ed., 2008, is an online encyclopedia of economics and is part of the Library of Economics and Liberty sponsored by the Liberty Fund. Articles are written by economists from different schools of thought, and include four Nobel laureates in economics as authors. It also includes short biographies of noted economists and a comprehensive index.

The work is focused on the thematic core that encompasses the disciplines and areas of bibliography, library science, archival science and information technology, and their application to other disciplines. This dictionary is a meticulous and duly documented work, and is an excellent tool for orientation and consultation. Essential for students and professionals who strive to expand and improve their knowledge in the sciences of documentation.

Since the Egyptians, symbology has been the great science of antiquity. It lasted without interruption in the East until well into the twentieth century, and in the West it inspired mediaeval art and, to a large extent, Renaissance and Baroque art, until the discovery of the ""Unconscious"" led to the recovery of symbols in very different spheres and ways. This dictionary of symbols is the latest and definitive version of the most important prose work of poet and art critic Juan Eduardo Cirlot.

Dictionary of Education that provides clear and concise definitions for 1,250 terms. Coverage includes all sectors of education: pre-school, primary, secondary, further education, special needs, adults and lifelong education and work-based learning.

Wide-ranging and authoritative, this bestselling sociology dictionary is the most informative of its kind. Compiled by a team of sociological experts, under the editorship of Gordon Marshall and John Scott, it is packed with over 2,500 entries. With terms taken from sociology and the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science, it provides widespread coverage of all aspects of sociology, from adaptation to zero tolerance.

A detailed guide of all aspects of human geography, including cultural, social, developmental, economic, political and health geography. It offers clear and accessible entries on everything from acronyms, organizations and basic terms to biographies, concepts, major periods and schools in the history of human geography.

With over 11,000 entries, this dictionary covers all the branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience and statistics. It has extensive coverage of key areas, for example: cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods.