Which dictionary to use?

[Jessica]

you can go online for a dictionary...

[Planet hopper]

Don't you go monolingual about dictionaries? :-o

Just one, we cherish it here in Spain

Diccionario Ideológico de la lengua española.
De la palabra a la idea, de la idea a la palabra.
Julio Casares

This is the dictionary journalists and writers have at home. It reminds me of an english one called 'Word Menu'

Cheers

[Tomisimo]

Yes, I've got several monolingual dictionaries in English, Spanish, German, etc.

[CrOtALiTo]

I got a dictionary English and Spanish of the editorial Loeza.

But I don't that dictionary is best, if you can help me to find some kinds to dictionary that does not be very hard in understand, please you let me know.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I got an English and Spanish dictionary of the editorial Loeza.

But I don't know that which dictionary is best. If you can help me to find some kind to of dictionary that does not is not be very hard in to understand, please you let me know.

Corrections

[CrOtALiTo]

Thanks for your corrections Jessica.

[Planet hopper]

Crotalito,

Try dictionary.com Using monolingual dictionaries or a mixture of both will improve your English.

[poli]

T Tomisino offers a dictionary which is acceptable and it offers a convenient link to the best monolingual dictionary in Spanish (RAE) and
Websters in English.

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, and thanks for your counsel, Planet Hopper

[Vikingo]

¡Hola a todos!

The dictionary that I use the most is the Oxford unabridged Spanish-English-Spanish, and that is because I've bought it for my mobile phone, and therefore have it readily available. Also, I find that it's very good regarding explaining in what contexts you use the different terms, and this is important. I've also used Harper-Collins online, and I think it's a pretty close race between the two on overall quality, breadth and depth. If neither give me an answer, I try the RAE dictionary, then jergasdehablahispana and/or asihablamos. If I'm still coming up short, wikipedia and google. I also have other dictionaries available, but I find that this is my normal procedure overall.

Saludos

[Rusty]

It's good to hear from you!

Yep, having just one dictionary isn't enough. I also rely on some of the sites you listed. Idioms are a killer.

[Vikingo]

Thanks

Idioms are absolutely a killer, and also where and exactly how words and expressions are used.

Take care