Lonely Planet Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary Description

Lonely Planet's Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Costa Rican Spanish phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Discover local nature reserves, order fresh seafood from restaurant menus, and begin conversations with new Costa Rican friends; all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now!

Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation! 

Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings 

Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder 

Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips

Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary

Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology

Meet friends with conversation starter phrases

Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides

Inside Lonely Planet's Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary:

Full-color throughout

User-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories

Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues

Convenient features:

5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go

10 Ways to Start a Sentence

10 Phrases to Sound like a Local

Listen For - phrases you may hear 

Look For - phrases you may see on signs

Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases 

Q&A - suggested answers to questions asked 

Covers:

Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules

Practical - travel with kids, disabled travelers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodations, directions, border crossing, transport 

Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather 

Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, pharmacist, dentist, symptoms, conditions

Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance; great for language students and travelers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.

Check out our Fast Talk Phrasebook mobile app for on-the-go language needs. (Available languages: German, Latin Spanish, European Spanish, French, and Italian.)

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

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