The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary

English

Series: Routledge Bilingual Dictionaries Ser.

ISBN: 1136997253

EAN: 9781136997259

Category: Foreign Language Study / Portuguese

Publisher: Routledge

Release Date: 04/30/2011

Synopsis:

This compact and up-to-date two-way dictionary provides a comprehensive and modern vocabulary. It is the ideal reference for all users of Portuguese.

The dictionary includes an extensive coverage of practical terminology from a diversity of fields including; business and economics, law, medicine and information technology as well as common abbreviations, toponyms (place names), nationalities, numerous idiomatic expressions and slang.

Key features:

• Completely up-to-date reflecting the recently-agreed orthographic changes between Brazil and Portugal.
• Definitions and differences in both variants clearly signposted.
• Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary where it differs from European-African Portuguese and some American English terms.
• Coverage of colloquial and slang registers.
• Useful notes on grammatical points and false friends, as well as boxes with cultural knowledge relating to the U.K., U.S.A., Brazil, Portugal and the other Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary provides the maximum information in the minimum space, making it an invaluable reference source

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The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 784