In this paper we approach the lexicographical treatment of phraseological units in a sample taken from three Spanish-Italian dictionaries regarding the figurative label, or in its absence, other tags that refer to the register or style of the language, and that often do not coincide between one dictionary and another. After a brief introduction on the concept of figurative meaning and the consequent value of the corresponding label, we will observe the presence of this label in a small corpus of multi-word units, trying to detect the application criteria used. The main aim is to investigate the potential benefits that this label may bring to the learner user, especially from the perspective of an Italian speaker who is learning Spanish.
