| Title page of the Eighth Edition | |
| Author | Colin Smith (previous editions), various other contributors | 
|---|---|
| Language | English, Spanish | 
| Subject | Lexicography | 
| Genre | Bilingual dictionary | 
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers, Grupo Editorial Random House Mondadori S.L. | 
| Publication date | 1971, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2000, 2003, 2005 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | 
| Media type | 1 Hardback Volume | 
| Pages | 2141 (Eighth Edition) | 
| ISBN | 978-0-00-718374-6 (UK) 0-00-718374-7 (UK) 84-253-3940-5 (ES) | 
| OCLC | 223184012 | 
| 463/.21 22 | |
| LC Class | PC4640 .C595 2005 | 
The Collins Spanish Dictionary is a bilingual dictionary of English and Spanish derived[ clarification needed ] from the Collins Word Web, an analytical linguistics database. As well as its primary function as a bilingual dictionary, it also contains usage guides for English and Spanish (known as Lengua y Uso and Language in Use respectively) and English and Spanish verb tables. In 2009, the dictionary was brought to the iPhone & iPad platform. The iOS app of this dictionary, which has become one of the most popular Spanish dictionaries in the App Store since then is developed by Cole Zhu Inc.