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Suberb, Versatile Program
Now living in Mexico and reviving my 8th grade Spanish after 50 years, I can testify to the usefulness and efficiency of this program. Today I took two minutes before entering the hardware store and was able to ask for a plumbing part I don't even know the name of in English! It's a great product, and the new features (fuzzy logic search and history) seem well thought-out and truely useful. I guess this review is a rave.Show less0bob
Super Dictionary!!!
What makes this app far better than a typical Spanish dictionary is that it provides verb conjugations in all tenses. Not only does it provide conjugation lists for each verb in each tense, it also allows you to search on a conjugated verb. This feature makes it superior to verb conjugation books because they only provide lists. This is the most expensive app I have bought, but it has been worth every penny. The only thing I wish they would add would be English descriptions of the verb tenses. Since I am not a language professor, it is hard for me to remember them by name alone.Show lessRobbo the Bug Toaster
Great but one request
This app is very handy but I would like to see the addition of which country/region uses each word. I want to make sure that if I am in Spain I don't use a word that's from Mexico. Sometimes you are just not understood but others you end up saying something vulgar. (e.g. Coger means to grab, to take, or to take hold of something in Spain but in Latin America it can be understood as very vulgar)
I understand the no phrase translator since they are very complex and usually contain many errors. Google's translator might get up to 70% right but that's about the best one could hope for. Thanks for a good product though.Show lessphishhu
BEST APP EVER!
If you need an app to help you learn Spanish, especially if you are in a Spanish class or in a situation where you may need easy access to a translation, I can't suggest a better tool than this app! It's been helping me learn Spanish and to talk to my boyfriend who actually knows no English, and I knew almost no Spanish before this! Without this app, I sadly think the relationship would not have really made it this far since I don't think we would have been really able to communicate as much as we would have liked. I never thought I would spend this much on an app, but it truly has been worth every penny!!Show lessMTGH
Works great in Peru - you get what you pay for
Checking into a Spanish immersion program for a month in Peru, I downloaded all the free apps and found each one lacking. The Ultralingua program is worth every penny of its price - I use it 24/7, even in the middle of the night when I wake up dreaming about verb conjugations, roll over and grab the iPod. Seriously, this is a great piece of software, great user interface, very fluid and intuitive in use - highly recommended. Some have complained that it doesn't have a phrase translator - if it did, I would happily pay $20 more. In the meantime, there is iSpeak Spanish, which also works great.Show lessmarkopanama
Almost Perfect-- Ultralingua Please Read!!!
If you are considering a Spanish-English dictionary look no further. This is the most complete, user-friendly, and convenient dictionary available. I HAVE ONE SUGGESTION--- As many users of this dictionary will be students of Spanish, professors, translators etc (all of which I have been at some point), it would be an invaluable addition to provide some sort of "favorites" option. This option would allow users to review and study words they have selected as favorites. The "history" option is ok, but not quite as functional as a list of words that the user could create by simply selecting an option upon looking up a word. I have discussed this option with colleagues and other users and many agree that such an option would perfect this already great dictionary. This option would of course be one of the great advantages offered by an iPhone based app.Show lesselmeroguero
Weak on slang terms, but otherwise very impressive!
Yeah, it's a little more than I would like to pay, but honestly, it's worth it (and it appears to have dropped a bit in price from when I bought it). It has an impressive depth of vocabulary and the usage examples/common phrases are very helpful. Easy to use, too. I'd pick this over a paper dictionary any day of the semana. The only area in which I've found it lacking is slang. I've found some pretty basic and common slang terminology that just isn't covered. Overall, very nice!Show lessApodonoescogido
Excellent software
Don't pay attention to anyone claiming this is too expensive. This is far superior to a paper dictionary or one of those Franklin devices and worth a lot more than what they're charging. And it's 100% offline - no internet required to use (which also makes it a lot faster). It's got a great UI for quickly finding translations (or conjugations), saving favorites, navigating history... I bought this a year ago and Ultralingua has regularly updated it with new features to make it even faster to use, and more complete. This has easily been the most useful thing I brought with me when living in Peru for 6 months.Show lessScott Bilas
Pretty good
Overall the program is good. Works easily, appears to have a fairly broad dictionary and the conjugation function is nice. But there are some weaknesses. For example the conjugator does not appear to work for reflexive verbs. You can find irse in the dictionary but there are no entries in the conjugator. Same is true with other reflexive verbs that I searched. This should be easy to address in future versions of the program. Despite this minor issue I think many will find the program to be very useful.Show lessDavis, CA
Spanish-English Translation Dictionary by Ultralingua
The dictionary program itself is good. I have no complaints with its' ability to translate from English to Spanish and Spanish to English. The extra ability to review various verb tenses and translate numbers is also nice. What surprised me after purchase was that there is no thesaurus feature included. I had been using the web version of Ultralingua Mobile that includes both a dictionary and thesaurus. I assumed this was included in the software given the $20 price tag. As a supervisor of bilingual student teachers I needed software that was more responsive than a web based program can provide without a fast internet connection. Thus the need for a dedicated program like Ultralingua offers. The software seems a bit costy given its limitations. I will hope that in future updates a thesaurus feature is added.Show lessDocG_USC
