Links to
Spanish dictionaries and translators
Collins
http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/
Good dictionary for looking up a single word. You must enter the
root word--infinitive for verbs, masculine singular for nouns and
adjectives. It screws up if you enter an inflected form or a phrase.
WordReference.com
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen
Best dictionary for looking up (1) phrases, and (2) inflected forms:
if you enter "rijan" it'll tell you: "Del verbo regir: rijan es 3ª
persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente subjuntivo." For
phrases, the common ones are dictionary entries; the less common
ones can be found in the Forum. You can enter the whole phrase,
and that will bring up all Forum postings with that phrase in the
title. Trick: if you get more than one screen in response to an
entry, use your browser to search the page again for the phrase
you're looking for.
Real Academia Española
http://www.rae.es/rae.html
The official dictionary--in print, it is 15 volumes.
RAE Panhispánico Dudas
http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/
Real Academia's reference grammar.
Jergas de habla hispana
http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org
Idioms and slang, searchable by country.
Word Magic
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/diccionario/es-en/
This site promotes a translation software, but you can look up
words for free.
Prompt Online
http://translation2.paralink.com/
Straight translations, no definitions. Easy to use.