Larousse Standard Dictionary - Spanish-English

Improve your Spanish language skills with authentic texts . The best way to bring the grammar of a language to life is by experiencing it in context, as it is actually used by native speakers and writers. Designed for the intermediate and advanced student, Spanish Grammar in Context puts Spanish grammar into context for you with an array of engaging texts, including newspaper articles, song lyrics, literary texts, and even transcriptions from TV talk shows. . Each chapter focuses on a specific element of grammar. A short text is followed by an explanation of the relevant grammar and several...

The present study aims at offering an overview of Spanish-Portuguese (and Spanish-Galician-Portuguese) language contact, both in Europe and in America. It pays a special attention to the history of linguistic interferences in each region, examining how and when lexical borrowings entered the Spanish language and how they disseminated across the Spanish-speaking world.

Un abuelo que abandonó a la familia hace años reúne a los nietos en el lecho de muerte declarándolos herederos de una fortuna cuando se cumpla una condición tan insólita como envenenada. Les llega a decir: «Un hombre, al menos una vez en la vida, siente un fuego frío, el deseo incontenible de tenerlo todo. ¿Y por qué no? ¿Por qué unos sí y otros no? Me repugnan los capones, la buena gente que solo aspira, como los perros que te lamen los pies bajo la mesa, a comer las sobras». La ambición es un cáncer corrosivo que va a cambiar la vida anodina de los nietos jóvenes. Uno se...

Thinking about the limitations, the conditions for possibility, the obstacles and the need for a therapeutic dialogue is one of the key necessities in the field of family therapy. This collection of essays presents their authorsb particular perspective to create a dance of ideas about the clinic of couples, family and destructive divorce from the central axis of a conceptual framework.