Portuguese-English Translation Dictionary and Verbs Reviews – Page 3
4/5 rating based on 38 reviews. Read all reviews for Portuguese-English Translation Dictionary and Verbs for iPhone.
Portuguese-English Translation Dictionary and Verbs is paid iOS app published by Ultralingua, Inc.
Excellent Help on the Road
Daniel Patrick
I'm in Brazil right now learning Portuguese and I was so lucky to have found this app for my iPad. It really has made looking up words so much easier and I feel really lucky to have stumbled upon it. I have been surprised at how much more than just a simple dictionary it is. My Favorite Features: - Verb conjugations. It is so simple to look up an infinitive and then scan through all the verb tenses. - Flip back and forth from English to Portuguese. I need to do these all the time, and this program makes it so easy. - Click on words in definitions to expand to the full entry. This is helpful since in reading definitions I often find other words I need to know.
Update suggestions
Rcduarte
There are two updates I would like to see. First, I would really like to see medical terms put in. Imagine when you are sick and don't have the words to understand what is going on. Second, I would love for the verb to conjugate directly from the search. Currently, when you find a verb you have to retype the verb in the -ir search. It would save time if I didn't have to retype the verb I had just found. Otherwise, I love this app. I am fairly fluent in Portuguese and am currently living in Brazil, so this app is so helpful for the words I don't know. I also love the verb conjugation. Thank you.
Great app but could be better if...
kevincam
This is an excellent app, I do recommend it, it's the best of it's kind to things would make it perfect to me. 1. Be able to add your own words, so when you find something missing and have to look elsewhere to find it you can then add it so you can keep everthing in one place and improve it over time. 2. The ability to sync with the desktop app. Since the desktop app has the ability to add more words already I need to keep them in sync.
Frustrating
viajante_americano
I bought this dictionary because it was probably the first available for the iPhone and it also always shows up first in searches for Portuguese-English dictionaries. I spend a lot of time in Brazil and having a dictionary on the iPhone is an enormous convenience. But I often find serious problems with the entries in this app: (1) often I can't even find the words that I am looking for, encountered in Folha de Sao Paulo or some revista about the novellas. In other words, palavras that should be in a useful dictionary. (2) many of the definitions offered are too brief and misleading or offer only one meaning when several can be found in other dictionaries (eg the iPhone Aurelio). Sometimes it actually seems to be just plain incorrect. What is strange is that Ulta-lingua offers the excellent Collins dictionary at the same price. they should simply remove this dictionary from their catalog and stick with their much superior alternative The app does offer conjugation of verbs however, and this is very useful but this same feature is available in the Collins dictionary also.
Poor
fearComplication
I purchased this for language help while traveling in Brazil. There is little in the way of useful phrases and those are difficult to find. It gives many results for translating a single word with no help in determining which word is appropriate for the given context. $20 wasted.
It's just ok
Eatsoy
I originally gave this a good rating bit since studying and learning more português I found this dictionary to be seriously lacking. An entry will offer several possible translations without explanation. The dictionary tries to oversimplify the language and sometimes give you a misleading translation. Careful.
Don't pay!
Brian Horneck
Living in Brazil and had the false idea that the most expensive dictionary would be the best. I was way wrong! This dictionary is seriously lacking and often does not have what I'm looking for or gives a bad translation. I have another dictionary that was practically free and I use it more. Look elsewhere!
Horrible
lenosane
I tried everything but this app is locked on portrait mode now! I can't use it on landscape mode anymore! And my orientation is not locked!!! It's a terrible bug for a $19,99 app!!!
Best Brazilian app!
LSrio
I have had this app for several years, and it keeps getting better and better. As an American living part-time in Rio studying Portuguese, I recommend it highly both for quick translations and for studying the incredibly complex Portuguese verb conjugations. Amazingly you don't need WiFi - it's all in your device. So no more little dictionaries in your pocket. Great personalized support from friendly techs. Love it!