How To Learn Spanish Online Using A Spanish Dictionary

In this article you will discover how to learn Spanish online using a Spanish dictionary. In my last article, I told you about an American friend who was attempting to express to his new in-laws that he was he was going to support and help his new wife. But he mistakenly said in Spanish that he would "tolerate" his new wife.

That's because he used the phrase "Voy a soportarla." In the Spanish language, the verb "soportar" means to tolerate or to bear. After writing that article, one reader emailed me and said:

"Patrick, it appears that you are using a regional definition of the verb 'soportar.' When I looked in my dictionary the first definition that I saw for the verb 'soportar' is 'to support.'"

In response to that email, I want you to know that a common mistake that many intermediate and advanced students of Spanish make is to continue to use the same dictionary that they used when they first started learning Spanish.

If you want to become fluent in Spanish, then you MUST use a dictionary that is entirely in Spanish. I have several Spanish only dictionaries. The one that I highly recommend is:

Diccionario Esencial de la Lengua Espanola de la Real Academia Espanola (Spanish Edition)

The Real Academia Espanola (Royal Spanish Academy) is the official royal institution that is in charge of managing the Spanish language. Their dictionary is highly regarded by Spanish professors throughout Latin America and Spain.

The definition that I found in the dictionary for the Real Academia Espanola (Royal Spanish Academy) for "soportar" is:

1. Sostener o llevar sobre si una carga o peso.

2. Sufrir (aguantar, tolerar).

Neither definition even remotely resembles the English verb "to support." If I translate the two above Spanish definitions for "soportar" the word means:

1. to sustain, to hold

2. to tolerate

If you want to learn Spanish online, there's no need to pay "dinero" for the Diccionario Esencial de la Lengua Espanola de la Real Academia Espanola. The Real Academia Espanola has an on-line dictionary completely free. You can just Google "Diccionario Esencial de la Lengua Espanola de la Real Academia Espanola" in order to find the URL for their online version of their Spanish dictionary.

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