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Spanish Frequency Dictionary 1 - Essential VocabularyThe Core Vocabulary of Spanish: 2500 Most Common Spanish Words With this book, you will learn Spanish fast and efficiently. This book contains practical vocabulary for both spoken and written Spanish. Intended for beginners and intermediate students, this book covers vocabulary roughly from CEFR A1 (complete beginner) to B1 (somewhat proficient). To help you become fluent fast, each entry in this book contains English translation(s) Spanish to English
With this book, you will learn Spanish fast and efficiently. This book contains practical vocabulary for both spoken and written Spanish.
Intended for beginners and intermediate students, this book covers vocabulary roughly from CEFR A1 (complete beginner) to B1 (somewhat proficient).
To help you become fluent fast, each entry in this book contains
• English translation(s)
• Spanish to English example sentences
• phonetic spelling of Spanish words
• detailed Part of Speech information.
Not all words are created equal. Some words are used more than other, and are thus more valuable to know. The secret to becoming fluent fast in a language, is by learning the right vocabulary.
Studies have shown that the most used 2.500 words account for 92% of all spoken Spanish, and 82% of all written Spanish text.
While it’s important to note it’s impossible to pin down these numbers and statistics with 100% accuracy, these are a global average of multiple sources. According to scientific research, this is the amount of vocabulary needed for varying levels of fluency:
• 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words, you cannot construct sentences.
• 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.
• 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, although some creativity might be required.
• 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all written texts.
• 10,000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.
• 20,000 words: the amount you need to recognize passively in order to read, understand, and enjoy a work of literature such as a novel by a notable author.
Keeping above facts in mind, the value of a frequency dictionary is immense. At least, that is if you want to become fluent in a language fast. Study the most frequent words, build your vocabulary and progress naturally.
A word frequency list of the most frequently used Spanish words, based on analysis of a huge amount of gigabytes of Spanish subtitles.
A large base text collection is absolutely vital in order to establish a reliable general frequency list.
Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to written and spoken language. This makes subtitles the best method for creating a useful and practical word frequency list.
This Spanish to English frequency dictionary can roughly be divided in three parts.
• 2.500 Spanish words ranked by general frequency
• Frequency ranking by part of speech (E.G, The most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc)
• 2.500 Spanish words in alphabetical order
Spanish pronunciation can be tricky. To help pronounce Spanish words correctly, we added phonetic transcriptions of Spanish words. The phonetic spelling is by use of International Phonetic Alphabet.
The Spanish Frequency Dictionary – Essential Vocabulary gives you a practical word list to learn Spanish vocabulary. Study the most used words to rapidly gain a base vocabulary in Spanish. These high frequency words are a great tool for beginners and intermediate students.
The frequency dictionary can be used as a stand-alone tool, or in combination with any other language learning program, app or book. This book roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A1 (absolute beginner) to B1 (somewhat proficient).
Invest this book, and invest in yourself. You will amaze yourself, and your friends and family by how fast you’re progressing in your journey of speaking Spanish.