Spanish-English and English-Spanish commercial dictionary of the words and terms used in commercial correspondence which are not given in the dictionaries in ordinary use; compound phrases, idiomatic and technical expressions, etc

1918·31.7 MB·English

by  Macdonald, George Robert

SPANISH-ENGLISH
AND
ENGLISH-SPANISH
COMMERCIAL
DICTIONARY
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SPANISH-ENGLISH
AND
ENGLISH-SPANISH
COMMERCIAL
DICTIONARY
OF THE WORDS AND TERMS USED IN COM-
MERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE WHICH ARE NOT
GIVEN IN THE DICTIONARIES IN ORDINARY
USE; COMPOUND PHRASES, IDIOMATIC AND
TECHNICAL EXPRESSIONS, ETC.
BY
MACDONALD
G. R.
SOCIETY OF arts' FIRST PRIZEMAN AND SILVER MEDALLIST
FOR SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, AND DANO-NORWEGIAN
LECTURER IN SPANISH AT THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF;
COMMERCE, MANCHESTER AUTHOR OF " MANUAL OF SPANISH
COMMERCIAL C;ORRESPONDENCE," ETC.
London
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1 Amen Corner, E.C,
Bath, New York and Melbourne
Printed by Sir Isaac Titman
& Sons, Ltd., London, Bath,
New York and Melbourne
FOREWORD
In compiling this commercial dictionary, the aim has been
to include all the words and expressions which are generally
used in commerce, excluding those which do not come under
this category. That the work is thoroughly up to date will
be readily seen by reference to such words as " wireless tele-
graphy, Marconigram, aeroplane, typist, taxi-cab, under-
ground railway, etc.," which are not to be found in most
Spanish-Enghsh dictionaries pubhshed hitherto.
Many difficulties have been encountered in the preparation
of this work, and the greatest of these was that constituted
by words of doubtful etymology, or words borrowed from
other languages. Some words are used in commerce, par-
ticularly with the Spanish Americas, which are not recog-
nised by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
If such words were excluded entirely from a commercial
dictionary, this would lose much of its practical utihty and
value as a reference. Moreover, it frequently happens that
words which are first introduced by commercial men are
admitted into the language in course of time. In the pre-
sent work it has been deemed expedient to include many such
important words and in cases where they are purely local,
;
or South-American, a note to that effect has been given.
Like ourselves, the Spaniards employ many words which
they have borrowed or adapted from the French, such as
:
garage, chauffeur, bon marché, debut, buffet, grippe, etc. ; and
many others relating to articles of dress, such as crepe
(Spanish version : crepe), moire, etc. From the Enghsh
language the Spaniards have also borrowed many words,
such as " bar (in a pubhc-house), club, detective, inch, jersey,
sweater (garment), lock-out (in trade disputes), etc., record,
reporter, trust (an industrial combine), hall, arrowroot, etc.,
etc." They have, of course, their own versions of many of
thesewords (e.g., bufete, bar ; círculoorequipo, club ; pulgada,
inch ; salón, hall ; etc.). There are also certain coined or
"
FOREWORD
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adapted versions of English words, such as boicotar (or boi-
cotear), to boycott interviú, interview interviuvar, to inter-
; ;
view ; mitin, meeting ; etc. The EngUsh word " stock
is extensively used by Spaniards in commerce, and is some-
times spelt stok ; but their own word existencia is more
general. Many of these adapted words are included in the
present work and, in most cases, are italicised to show that
they are not recognised Spanish words.
Spanish spelling offers little difficulty as a rule, but atten-
tion might be called to words beginning with the preñxes
trans, ob and sub. The " n" of trans, and the " b" of ob:
and sub, are often dropped, and thus one may write trans-
porte or trasporte, obscuro or oscuro, subscribir or suscribir ;
etc. There is likewise some confusion between the prefixes
" ex " and " es," and one often meets with estraño for
extraño, estranjero for extranjero, etc.
The use of the dash and brackets may be briefly explained.
The dash represents the key-word, or the word in heavy
type, and means " repeat." The brackets are used in
:
some instances to contain the preposition which is required
by a certain verb or adverb in other cases they contain an
;
alternative or additional rendering and sometimes they
;
contain words explanatory to the type.