This new, up-to-date Portuguese language dictionary is a heavyweight contender for your reference shelf. If you’re an intermediate or advanced student of Portuguese looking for a real Portuguese dictionary, this is one of the most impressive.
It’s published in Portugal by the staff at Dicionários Editora, O Porto. It includes the spelling reform rules, listing [...]
Dec
30
2009
30
2009
Dicionário da língua portuguesa by Porto Dicionários Editora
Dec
30
2009
30
2009
Dicionário Inglês-Português & Dicionário Português-Inglês
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
dedicates all its pages to the one thing a dictionary’s supposed to handle: words to look up; impressive coverage of huge number of words; good layout; cues help pick between multiple translations of the same word (assuming you know a good deal of Portuguese); [...]
Dec
24
2009
24
2009
Living Language Portuguese Learner’s Dictionary
Score:
1 2 3 (4) 5 6 7 8 9 10
“Four outta ten!”
Pros:
Portuguese-English section good enough for certain look-ups; sample sentences beneath some entries; actually decent if looked at as an extensive vocabulary list rathern than a comprehensive dictionary; a nice extra when packed with Living Language’s Portuguese lesson book & CD
Cons:
price for the number of [...]
Aug
13
2009
13
2009
Collins Pocket Portuguese Dictionary, 4th Edition
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) 10
“Nine outta ten!”
Pros:
great overall package for beginning students; nice formatting with terms colored blue; “Portuguese in Action” section a great inclusion for beginners; very complete for a very small dictionary; ambiguous translations are marked with meaning guides; IPA pronunciation given for terms
Cons:
intermediate students may begin to [...]
Aug
13
2009
13
2009
Collins Portuguese Concise Dictionary 2nd Edition (HarperCollins Concise Dictionaries)
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
great coverage of useful words and phrases for a dictionary this price and size; keyword usage guides your choice when translations are ambiguous; more detailed than a small pocket dictionary, less than a weighty full-coverage one; IPA pronunciation given for all terms; best “bang [...]
Aug
13
2009
13
2009
Larousse Concise Dictionary: Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
large number of useful words and phrases for a dictionary this size; language and meaning usage hints guide your choice of ambiguous translations; more detailed than smaller pocket dictionaries, less than hefty full-coverage tomes; irregular and orthography-changing verb chart; Brazilian IPA pronunciation given
Cons:
no indication [...]
Aug
13
2009
13
2009
Oxford New Portuguese Dictionary & Oxford Color Portuguese Dictionary (Paperback)
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
a compact dictionary that’s actually compact in size; large number of useful entries; helpful meaning guides for ambiguous entries; usage examples; irregular verb list at end; color edition nice touch and easier to search; great for students and travelers
Cons:
no indication of irregular verbs; you’ll [...]
Aug
4
2009
4
2009
Langenscheidt’s Pocket Portuguese Dictionary, by Langenscheidt’s Pocket Dictionaries
Score:
1 2 3 (4) 5 6 7 8 9 10
“Four outta ten!”
Pros:
IPA pronunciation given (in Brazilian only) for every word; rather complete list of basic entries; Portuguese-English & English-Portuguese
Cons:
hardly any usage examples; no way to differentiate multiple entries translating to one term in English; chart of English irregular verbs but no Portuguese verb tables; focus [...]
Aug
4
2009
4
2009
NTC’s Compact Portuguese and English Dictionary (Hardcover) by NTC Publishing Group
Score:
1 2 3 (4) 5 6 7 8 9 10
“Four outta ten!”
Pros:
IPA pronunciation given (in Brazilian only) for every word; rather complete list of basic entries; Portuguese-English & English-Portuguese
Cons:
very few usage examples; no ways to differentiate multiple entries translating to one term in English; chart of English irregular verbs but no Portuguese verb tables; focus [...]