Collins Portuguese English app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: SELVAS AI Inc.
First release : 13 Nov 2009
App size: 182.57 Mb
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* How to switch languages of the Dictionary
1. Setting > General > Keyboard > Add New Keyboard (French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese, English)
2. Open DioDict > tab and hold globe icon on your keyboard > select languages
The Official Collins Portuguese-English Dictionary • One of the most comprehensive Portuguese dictionaries on iTunes • Contains over 244,000 headwords, expressions and translations • Thousands of examples and grammar notes • No internet connection needed.
Collins is the leading publisher of bilingual English dictionaries in the world and top in its field in terms of dictionary making know-how. Its dedicated team of lexicographers makes use of a vast array of language data to compile up-to-date dictionaries with a wealth of examples and grammatical information. The word definitions are written specifically to enable language users to know how and when to best use a particular word.
This app contains the full version of the Collins Concise Portuguese Dictionary, 4th edition, 2010. Imagine carrying the most comprehensive, high-quality Portuguese-English dictionary in your pocket!
Dictionary features include:
• an enormous comprehensive two way English-Portuguese dictionary perfectly suited to beginner and advanced learners as well as professional translators of both English and Portuguese.
• 51,000 headwords, 83,000 phrases and compounds and an incredible 110,000 translations.
• clearly presented word entries with a wealth of phrases and examples.
• updated to cover the latest vocabulary in Portuguese and English including literary and technical language to slang.
• an abundance of grammatical information is included - entries list irregular verb and nouns forms in English, gender of nouns in Portuguese, part of speech of Portuguese and English words, verb transitivity of verbs: transitive, intransitive or reflexive.
• all English headwords are annotated with their pronunciation in the IPA phonetic alphabet.
• search results are narrowed down as you type your look-up word.
• listen to Portuguese and British pronunciation of words using DioDicts text-to-speech engine.
• input words using either the standard keyboard or built-in handwriting recognition software.
• no internet connection necessary to use dictionary.
--Search Features--
• wildcard search: enter “?” or “*” in place of a letter when you are unsure of the spelling (e.g., “man*ver” retrieves the word “maneuver”).
• browse through the dictionary alphabetically or flip from one entry to the next with a flick of a finger.
--Vocab Revision--
• history menu lists all your recent word searches.
• save words and expressions to any number of flashcard folders.
• mark words in your flashcard folder which you still need to memorize.
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Latest reviews of Collins Portuguese English app for iPhone and iPad
After IOS 9 this APP has showed problems: to lock or to close during searches; dont memorize last result; dont show the results after selected a word.
This new "skin" is horrible. Not only is a teenagerish, but it makes bery anoying change one language to another! The old one was much better!!
Shelling out $22.95 for this dictionary gave me pause for a long time, but finally I gave in to the draw of convenience, no longer having to carry a dictionary. And I was familiar with the Collins line and it seemed like a good bet. Yes its convenient, and it seems pretty comprehensive. But there are some pretty obvious things it should do but does not. Like being able to leave the standard input mode set to Portuguese. Most of the time I want to look up the English meaning of a Portuguese word, but first I have to remember to switch. It doesnt remember my settings from session to session. And any paper dictionary Ive ever used has a section explaining verb conjugations, regular and irregular. This seems like an easy and obvious thing to do in the App format. So overall I feel like the developer has benefitted more with my money than I have with their product.
This app needs to be updated. It is buggy in the new os. Sometimes will not show words and will suddenly shut down.