Franklin Spanish English Dictionary Merkblatt

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Congratulations on your purchase of the 

DBE-1510, Spanish 

 English Dictionary. The 

DBE-1510 is a terrific resource for finding 

translations of thousands of words.
You can search for inflected forms of words, 

correct misspellings, learn verb conjugations, 

and find conversational phrases. Study rules 

of grammar and build your vocabulary using 

a personal word list, TOEFL® Test* and SAT® 

Spanish Subject Test

†

 word lists. Look up 

definitions of English words and enjoy the fun 

vocabulary building exercises and games.

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  Goes to the main menu. Goes to the 

word entry screen in any book that 

has one. Clears the calculator. In the 

metric converter and databank, goes 

to its main menu.

 

Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off 

the highlight at an entry.

  Enters a word, selects an item, or 

begins a highlight in an entry.

  Goes to the Organizer: clock, 

databank, calculator, metric 

converter and currency converter.

  Goes to the main menu.

  At a word entry screen, types a ? 

to stand for a letter in a word. At 

a menu, displays a menu item. At 

a dictionary entry, displays the 

headword. In games, reveals the 

word and forfeits the game.

 

Shifts to type capital letters.

  Shifts to allow prev, next, pg up, pg 

down, and to type a hyphen (-).

 

+  At a dictionary entry, pages up or 

down.

 

+  At a dictionary entry, displays the 

previous or next entry.

 

+  At a menu, goes to the first or last 

menu item. At an entry, goes to the 

start or end of the entry.

+J  Types a hyphen.

+M   Types  an  @.

 

+  At a word entry screen, types an 

asterisk to stand for a series of letters 

in a word. In games, gives a hint.

  Move up (   ), down (   ), left  

(   ), or right (   ).

 At menus and dictionary entries, 

pages down. At a word entry screen, 

types a space.

When you turn on this product for the first 

time, choose the message language. Press 

A

 

for English or press 

B

 for Spanish.

The message language is the language of 

prompts, help, and other messages. You can 

change the message language after your initial 

decision.

The flashing arrows on the right of the screen 

show which arrow keys you can press to move 

around menus or view more text.

You can view a help message at any screen by 

pressing 

help

. Press   or   to read. To exit 

help, press 

back

.

Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide 

may differ slightly from what you see on 

screen. This does not mean that your unit is 

malfunctioning.

Use the main menu to quickly take you to

different books and exercises in your device. 

The main menu contains five tabs: Books, 

Learning, Exercises, Games and Setup. Use   

and   to move to another tab. Use   and   

to highlight the option you want and press 

enter

 to select it. You can also go directly to a 

tab by pressing the tab’s respective Soft Key.

The Books tab enables you to look up 

Spanish translations of English words and 

English translations of Spanish words. You can 

conjugate English or Spanish words and search 

for English or Spanish conversational phrases. 

You can also look up definitions of English 

words.

The Learning tab enables you to access My 

Vocabulary List, search for English or Spanish 

usage examples, and read English or Spanish 

grammar lessons. You can also access the 

TOEFL® Test and SAT® Spanish Subject Test 

word lists.

The Exercises tab allows you to access Spelling 

Bee and Flashcards. You can try both exercises 

using English words saved to My Vocabulary 

List and those found in the TOEFL® Test word 

list. You can also try the exercises using 

Spanish words saved to My Vocabulary List and 

those found in the SAT® Spanish Subject Test.

The Games tab allows you to access the seven 

games included in your device: Hangman, 

Conjumania, Gender Tutor, Word Train, Guess the 

Word, Word Auction and Word Blaster. You can 

also adjust the game settings.

The Setup tab allows you to access a 

demonstration and tutorial of how this device 

works. You can also adjust the device settings.

Your dictionary is fully bilingual. You can use 

the English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English 

dictionaries to translate words between the 

languages. Try translating a Spanish word.
1. Press 

menu

English, then press 

enter

To translate English words into Spanish 

select English -> Spanish.
You can also press LANG at the word entry 

screen to change the entry language from 

Spanish to English.

4.  Type a word (e.g., ir).

To erase a letter, press 

back

.

Note: You do not need to type accents. To 

type accents, type the letter (e.g., e) and 

press   repeatedly until the accent you 

want appears (e.g., é).
To type a capital, hold 

cap

 and press a 

letter key. To type a number, hold 

FN

 and 

press 

Q

 - 

P

. To type a hyphen, hold 

FN

 

and press 

J

.

enter

 to view the English 

Press 

space

 or   to scroll.

FN

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

Entries may consist of headwords, parts of 

speech, the translation and/or definitions. 

Other forms of the word may follow the 

menu

Conjugations, then press 

enter

To conjugate English words select English 

Conjugations.
You can also press LANG at the word entry 

screen to change the entry language from 

Spanish to English.

4.  Type a word (e.g., leer).
5.  Press CONJ.

If needed, highlight the part of speech or 

translation you want and press 

enter

.

These are the principal forms of the Spanish 

verb “leer”. The English translations are 

below each Spanish inflection.

space

Press 

 to display the root word.

FN

repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or 

another modifier, then there won’t be any 

other inflections.

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

Some words have different parts of speech or 

multiple translations. You can easily find which 

part of speech or specific translation you will 

need to conjugate by first looking up the word 

in the Spanish-to-English or English-to-Spanish 

dictionaries and then pressing CONJ. Follow 

this example.
1. Press 

menu

Conjugations, then press 

enter

To conjugate English words select English 

Conjugations.
You can also press LANG at the word entry 

screen to change the entry language from 

Spanish to English.

4.  Type a word (e.g., conocer).
5. Press 

enter

Read the definition to find the verb you 

want (e.g., to meet).

conocer.
Highlight the translation you want (e.g., 

meet) and press 

enter

.

These are the principal forms of the Spanish 

verb “conocer”. The English translations are 

below each Spanish inflection.

space

Press 

 to display the root word.

FN

 and press   

repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or 

another modifier, then there won’t be any 

other inflections.

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

When viewing inflections, you can press 

help

 

to go directly to the grammar lesson detailing 

how to use the inflections you were viewing 

along with usage examples.

If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may 

be helpful to look at some inflected forms 

of English verbs. Switch the entry language 

back to English, type write, and press CONJ to 

see the different forms of the English verb “to 

write”.

headword. After the translation or definition, 

you may see a list of usage examples.

Spanish nouns are different than English 

nouns in that they must either be masculine or 

feminine. Each definition of a noun indicates 

which gender it is with m or f.

If you enter a misspelled word, a list of 

corrections appears. Highlight the word you 

want and then press 

enter

 to see its entry.

Some words in the dictionaries have more 

than one form (e.g. sí, si). When the word you 

are looking up has multiple forms, the different 

forms appear in a list.
Simply highlight the form you want and press 

enter

 to see its entry. For example, select 

Spanish -> English from the Books menu, then 

type si at the word entry screen.

Highlight the form you want and press 

enter

to see its entry. To go back to the Multiple 

Forms list, press 

back

.

You can look up accented words without 

typing accents. If there are no Multiple Forms, 

the dictionary will take you directly to the 

word. If there are Multiple Forms, you will have 

to choose the correct word from a Multiple 

Forms list. See “Choosing Multiple Forms” for 

more information. Remember, if you want to 

enter an accent yourself, type the letter and 

press   until the appropriate accent appears.

Another way to look up words in the Spanish-

to-English and English-to-Spanish dictionaries 

is by highlighting them in entries or word lists. 

You can then find their translations or add 

them to My Vocabulary List.
1.  At any text, press 

enter

 to start the 

To turn the highlight off, press 

back

.

define the word 

enter

add word to 

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

If you are uncertain about how to spell a 

word, type a question mark (?) in place of each

unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and 

other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in a 

word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. 

Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning 

of a word, it may take a little while to find the 

matching words.
1.  Go to any word entry screen.

You can access a word entry screen 

by selecting English -> Spanish, 

Spanish-> English, or English Dictionary from 

the Books menu.

2.  Type a word with ?s and ✽s.

To type an asterisk, hold down 

cap

 and 

press 

.

enter

enter

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

Conjugations show inflections, or changes in a 

word’s gender, tense, etc. This device includes 

extensive inflections of Spanish and English 

nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.

This will give you a good idea of each inflection 

form.

The dictionary conjugates verbs into the 

following forms: present, imperfect, preterite, 

future, conditional, present subjunctive, 

imperfect subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive 2, 

present perfect, pluperfect, preterite anterior, 

future perfect, conditional perfect, present 

perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, 

pluperfect subjunctive 2, imperative, present 

progressive, and past progressive.

You can find translations of English or Spanish 

conversational phrases in categories ranging 

from Emergencies to Business Communication 

to Time & Dates. Note that the English phrase

always appears before the Spanish phrase.
1. Press 

menu

2.  Press BOOKS.
3. Use   or   to highlight English Phrases, 

enter

To find English translations of Spanish 

phrases, select Spanish Phrases.

enter

Press   or   to highlight a subcategory, if 

needed, and press 

enter

.

enter

clear

menu

You can look up definitions of English words 

using the English Dictionary.
1. Press 

menu

Dictionary, then press 

enter

4.  Type a word (e.g., poignant).

To erase a letter, press 

back

.

To type a capital, hold 

cap

 and press a 

letter key. To type a number, hold 

FN

 and 

press 

Q

 - 

P

. To type a hyphen, hold 

FN

 

and press 

J

.

enter

Press 

space

 or   to scroll.

FN

clear

Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

Confusables are homonyms, homophones and 

spelling variants that are easy to confuse, e.g. 

rain, reign, rein. If the word you looked up is a 

confusable, the CONF Soft Key will be made 

available. Press CONF to view the confusables.

You can highlight words in the English 

Dictionary just as you would in the English-to-

Spanish and Spanish-to-English dictionaries, 

but you will only be able to look them up 

within the English Dictionary and you cannot 

add them to My Vocabulary List.

You can save up to 40 words total, in both 

English and Spanish, in My Vocabulary List for 

personal study or review. My Vocabulary List is 

saved between sessions unless your product 

is reset.

menu

2.  Press LEARN.
3.  My Vocabulary List will be highlighted. 

enter

4. Press   or   to highlight Add a Word and 

enter

enter

clear

In the Spanish-to-English or English-to-

Spanish dictionaries, you can add words to My 

Vocabulary List directly from the word entry 

screens.
1. Press 

menu

English, then press 

enter

To add an English word select  

English -> Spanish.
You can also press LANG at the word entry 

screen to change the entry language from 

Spanish to English.
English words will be added to My English 

Vocabulary List; Spanish words will be 

added to My Spanish Vocabulary List.

word list (e.g., elegante).

Your selection is included in the menu item.

enter

clear

screen.
Press 

menu

 to go to the main menu.

You can also add words to My Vocabulary List 

from definitions and correction lists within the 

Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish 

dictionaries. First highlight a word and then 

press LIST. Add “your word” will be highlighted. 

Press 

enter

 to add the word.

menu

2.  Press LEARN.
3.  My Vocabulary List will be highlighted. 

enter

English List (or Spanish List) will be 

highlighted. Press LANG to switch from the 

English to the Spanish List, if needed.
English List: Empty (or Spanish List: Empty) 

will be displayed if either is empty.

enter

enter

menu

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1) Screen
2)  Soft Keys
3)  Function Keys
4)  Power Key
5)  Navigation Key
6) Cover

Attach the cover to the back of the device 

with the screws provided. Flip the cover 

upward to protect the screen and the 

keyboard when not in use.

Soft Key functions are represented by the 

labels displayed along the bottom of the 

screen. To perform a Soft Key function, press 

the unlabeled key at the top of the keyboard 

that corresponds to the label you want. These 

labels change to reflect the different functions 

available in the various books and exercises in 

this device.
For example, in the main menu, the following 

Soft Keys are available:
BOOKS  Displays the Books menu.
LEARN  Displays the Learning menu.
EXER 

Displays the Exercises menu.

GAMES  Displays the Games menu.
SETUP  Displays the Setup menu.

In the Organizer, the following Soft Keys are 

available:
CLOCK  Goes to the clock.
DATA 

Goes to the Databank menu.

CALC 

Goes to the calculator.

CONV 

Goes to the metric converter.

CURR 

Goes to the currency converter.

Please refer to the specific topics in this User’s 

Guide to learn the function of any available 

Soft Keys.

  Turns the product on or off.

  Displays a help message. When at an 

inflection screen, displays grammar 

information about the inflection you 

were viewing.

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