Wonderful Reference for Behind the Wheel Learners

I have tried Amsco, University of Chicago, and the hefty and all powerful Velazquez
dictionaries. All are good in their own right but I prefer Websters Spanish-English dictionary for the price and contents.
I disagree with other reviewers who state that the dictionary must also include pronunciation guides.
I will say that it is useful NOT to try to learn Spanish from a dictionary alone.
One assumes that one is already using another means of acquiring Spanish and using the dictionary as a supplement, not as a main learning source.
My main learning source happens to be Behind the Wheel Spanish which provides translations on the CDs and text but doesn't come with a dictionary.
Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English dictionary would work well with any course, recorded or live. I would also recommend it as a traveling companion to any Spaniish speaking country.

Disappointed

From a beginning Spanish speaker's point of view, a good dictionary with one glaring fault: No pronunciations were given for the Spanish entries. Pronunciations were a large part of what I bought this book for.

The explanatory notes at the beginning of the dictionary had this to say under the heading "Pronunciation of Spanish Entry Words": "Spanish pronunciation is highly regular, so no pronunciations are given for most Spanish-to-English entries."

Well, OK, if you say so. Guess that puts me in the "Spanish for Dummies" crowd.

The beginner will just have to look elsewhere for help with pronunciations

Must-Have for learning Spanish

This is the only spanish-english dictionary I've ever owned. I've used several over the 8 years that I've spent learning Spanish, but this is by far the best one. It's lay-out is very easy to read/understand, plus there's great conjugations, examples, etc. that make it very user-friendly. Not to mention, there's tons of words that you don't find in many Span-Engl dictionaries.