Spanish phrase book - Softcover

This Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Book has been compiled by experts to meet the general needs of tourists and busines travellers. Arranged under such headings as Hotels Motoring and so forth the words and phrases you may need are also printed in familiar roman letters following an easy to use pronunciation system fully explained in the book's introduction.Most sections of this book include boxes headed Things You'll See which list common words signs notices etc. that you may see while the boxes headed Things You'll Hear contain typical replies to questions you may ask during your journey.A 1 900-line mini-dictionary will help you form additional phrases and the extensive menu guide lists approximately 250 dishes or methods of cooking and presentation. Guidance on aspects of the culture customs and holidays will be given under the heading Cross-cultural Notes.

Containing chapters on emergencies and villa and apartment rental, this Spanish phrase book also has an enlarged shopping section covering markets and services, and additional useful everyday phrases. It includes chapters on hotels, camping and caravanning, travel, restaurants, the post office and health. Where appropriate, there are also recognition lists of words and signs that may be heard or seen, as well as particular phrases which may be said in reply. The limited pronunciation of each word or phrase is shown alongside the foreign language translation. The book also has an extensive menu reader for easy identification of dishes and methods of cooking, and a mini-dictionary of 1800-2000 words.