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Between 322 and 400 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it the world's second most-spoken language by native speakers (after Chinese). The combined total of native and non-native Spanish speakers is approximately 500 million, likely making it the third most spoken language by total number of speakers (after English and Chinese). Mexico has the world's largest Spanish-speaking population, and Spanish is the second most-widely spoken language in the United States. It is an official language of Spain and most Latin American countries.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Spanish-English and the English-Spanish lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

Many thanks to Yannick Marchegay, Adam and Mario Guillermo Macri for their precious help.

Spanish > English: 35,452 words
English > Spanish: 41,009 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: 1997

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