Recently I was starting to learn Spanish myself, my favorite way to learn a foreign language is to find book written in simple sentences for reading. With a Kindle, it becomes even graceful, the built-in dictionary saves me lots of time and space.
Amazon doesn't provide me a built-in Spanish-English dictionary, and I only found 2 available Spanish-English dictionaries in Kindle Store, but the ratings are below average. I do not want to waste money on a useless dictionary, so I begin to dig my Kindle resource.
In my Kindle library, I saw a book called Real Academia Española el Diccionario de la lengua española, this is a spanish dictionary, isn't it? But what the heck Amazon doesn't allow me to download it. I click the "actions" button but can't see the "Deliver to..." option, and login my Kindle for PC I also can't see it in my "Archived Items" section.
Obviously I have to find a way out myself. After some searches on the internet, I finally got a free and working Spanish to English dictionary for Kindle, it is built by Dave Slusher, he DIYed this Kindle dictionary himself by RUBY scripts.
But here comes another setback, the dictionary is created in 2010 and for Kindle 2, which only uses one dictionary at a time. Therefore I can't use it because I need dictionaries for other languages also.
Then I find Mac Sturm modified the dictionary to make it working on K4 and later models, and click the button below you can download it. Notice: You can download and use for totally free and legit under Creative Commons license: BY-NC-SA.
Free Spanish to English Dictionary for Kindle Download
And I guess some people may also need the English to Spanish dictionary, I've also find a free one for you.
Download Free English to Spanish Kindle Dictionray
For how to add a dictionary to Kindle, please read this guide: https://www.epubor.com/how-to-change-or-add-dictionary-to-kindle.html
The first dictionary file is .prc format, if you want a .mobi file, you can use freeware Calibre to transform it into .mobi for free.
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Jonny Greenwood joined Epubor since 2011, loves everything about eBooks and eReaders. He seeks the methods to read eBooks more freely and wants to share all he has got with you.
Further to my initial attempts, I tried a couple of different book converters. One did not work (error converting), but finally I got one that did work! It is called Zamzar, and it worked fairly quickly and sent the mobi file to my email address when finished converting.
Dictionary now installed in my old 2010 Kindle (mark 1?) and works fine.
Thanks for this very useful system.
Hi Geoff,
Thank you for the feedback, I've modified the content, now it won't direct to that lapsed converter.
Wooooooooah!!! I downloaded both and they work incredibly! Thank for so much! Note: My calibre (which I have used for years) didn't like the Spanish to English PRC file. It spent 8 minutes battling and then gave up. I used zamzam.com like some other user has said and they emailed me the converted mobi for free without any registration.
Thank you again, would love to buy you a beer, can you donate?
Daniel, 27, English Teacher, Sevilla
the Mac Sturm link does not work
Thanks bro!
It really works fine to me!
thanks
Whatever advice you may have would be greatly appreciated.
Warmly,
Lee
Thanks a lot.