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Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary with Audio

API Product Description

This bilingual, bidirectional guide is designed to help users communicate effectively in Spanish and English. Includes extensive coverage of Latin-American Spanish. Access more than 80,000 entry words and phrases and 100,000 translations. Abundant examples of words used in context explain the shades of difference between words.

Data features available in this reference:

  • Translations (English > Spanish, Spanish > English)
  • Examples
  • Pronunciation symbols
  • Audio pronunciations
  • Spelling suggestions

Formats available:

  • JSON

Documentation

  • JSON Fields

Query options:

  • Headword
  • Stems (inflections, variants, etc.)

JSON

Request URL

https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/spanish/json/language?key=your-api-key

Response

 
meta:{  
    id:"language",
    uuid:"bb871fef-5605-4cdf-9c8a-254f67468e74",
    lang:"en",
    src:"spanish",
    section:"alpha",
    stems:[  
        "language",
        "languages"
    ],
    syns:[  

    ],
    ants:[  

    ],
    offensive:false
},
hwi:{  
    hw:"language",
    prs:[  
        {  
            mw:"ˈlæŋɡwɪʤ",
            sound:{  
                audio:"langua01"
            }
        }
    ]
},
fl:"noun",
def:[  
    {  
        sseq:[  
            [  
                [  
                    "sense",
                    {  
                        sn:"1",
                        dt:[  
                            [  
                                "text",
                                "{bc}{a_link|idioma} "
                            ],
                            [  
                                "gl",
                                "masculine"
                            ],
                            [  
                                "text",
                                ", {a_link|lengua} "
                            ],
                            [  
                                "gl",
                                "feminine"
                            ],
                            [  
                                "vis",
                                [  
                                    {  
                                        t:"the English language",
                                        tr:"el idioma inglés"
                                    }
                                ]
                            ]
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            ],
            [  
                [  
                    "sense",
                    {  
                        sn:"2",
                        dt:[  
                            [  
                                "text",
                                "{bc}{a_link|lenguaje} "
                            ],
                            [  
                                "gl",
                                "masculine"
                            ],
                            [  
                                "vis",
                                [  
                                    {  
                                        t:"body language",
                                        tr:"lenguaje corporal"
                                    }
                                ]
                            ]
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            ]
        ]
    }
],
shortdef:[  
    "idioma, lengua",
    "lenguaje"
]

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