In our setting, the dictionary is only considered as a useful book which lets us solve the main doubts concerning the definition and the writing of a given word that is why, in this current text, from a theoretical perspective, the author propounds to show it not just as a sporadic tool for the solution of doubts, but also as a potential object of study and a permanent didactic tool, which lets not only the definition of a word, but also its linguistic aspects, a task which entails the awareness of the usage of the language and even more importantly the understanding of its linguistic elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]