Collins Pro Spanish-English Translation Dictionary

HIGHLIGHTS

The Collins Pro Spanish-English Translation Dictionary is now available for $17.99 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.5.1 has been released on 2014-11-24. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
Bottom Line: For more information about Collins Pro Spanish-English Translation Dictionary check developer Ultralingua, Inc.`s website : http://www.ultralingua.com/en/iphone-dictionary.htm

Great app love how links directly to verb conjugations                     Great app love how links directly to verb conjugations Charles Corbit

I like this Spanish English app more on the iPad than the iPhone because it shows two columns side by side for the definitions and the verb declensions This app will speak whatever word you press so that you get the correct pronunciation When it defines it give several examples of how to use the word it translates the verb declensions which is very helpful when you get to the pret rito pluscuamperfecto It s expensive but it s worth it                     Fabulous app RobinC96

I use this app almost daily for translation The easy access to conjugations helps me tremendously The extensive list of examples of how the words are used is very useful                     Works great Learning always

This app is an excellent tool for anyone learning Spanish It is easy to look up words and get definitions and conjugations which are extremely important Another thing I really like is that you do not need to be connected to the internet for full access to this app This has been very helpful for me when I have wanted to study my Espa ol when traveling                     Useful prprier

I use it a lot App has a clean snappy interface plenty of words useful features like typing in numbers to see how they re spelled and offers context beyond simple definitions Great resource happy with the purchase Keep it up                     Great app booseye

I purchased this app a number of years ago and agree the dictionary is very good HOWEVER it has a most annoying quirk If cellular data is disabled for the app and you are not connected to the internet a popup appears every time the app is opened advising you that Cellular Data is disabled Ok that isn t much of an issue in my home country I will just enable it but when I am in another country where I have to pay like 10 grand per byte of data slight exaggeration but you get my point I am not disposed to enable any app for cellular data especially for an app that has no apparent need to get or send data Fix that and I will upgrade the rating based on the quality of your app not on the warts     Annoying Habit flyindon

Please upgrade it for iOS 8 already     Upgrade it Tognio

This is easily the best Spanish dictionary app A lot of care was put into making the interface clean and intuitive The only issue is that it s clumsy to close definitions You open a definition by tapping on the word but to close you have to click on a little arrows button on the other side of the screen The definitions also stay open forever so after awhile a bunch of definitions are open I d expect them to be closed automatically at some point like when you open the app                 Great app with one little issue YesNoCancel

Crashes with the new iPad air Needs an update                     Great app JJW7772

Doesn t open on iphone 5s         Good if it worked FracturedDens

It took a bit of playing to discover and understand the app now I love it It has everything I need for my language class and more Nice job guys                 Very slick Mr.Higgs

They have ruined this app which was by far the best one on the market This new version is a mess as they try to lump everything together And it is slower to use How do I get the original version back         Collins Eng Sp dictionary new version foxatolla

I will say that the Collins dictionary is one of the best I have always been impressed by the breadth of the dictionary including usage examples and idiomatic expressions The conjugator is top notch and the number translator is very handy I am completely unimpressed with the new version In the old version the dictionary conjugator and number translator were in separate mini apps This kept the overall app neatly organized The dictionary was under the dictionary icon the conjugator was under the conjugator icon etc It was very easy to switch from one to the other by simply touching a word to get pop up choices such as cut paste dictionary conjugation or by presseing the icons at the bottom of the screen In the new version all three mini apps have been merged into one big app and what a mess it is The first problem I noticed is the new version is slow It takes time to load and the app is slow to respond when the buttons are touched The second problem I noticed is that every single entry is contained in one huge list The same word can appear multiple times depending on whether it is a conjugation or a translation and this makes the list seem very disorganized and almost unwielding Had I know what the new version was like I never would have updated I want the old version back             New Version TOPDowNMUSTANG

I have used this dictionary regularly but this latest version is a terrific improvement on all iOS devices The ability to go quickly to the conjugations makes a big difference The new formatting makes it much more readable and I like the ability to save favorites Keep up the good work                     An even better app now Lzrdoc

Please please fix whatever is bugging this app I love the interface and would recommend it but the fact that it crashes when you really need it makes using it a bit infuriating Could you please fix these bugs and offer an update             Great app but crashes all the time Hangrybird

This is a great app to have when you need to look up a word and you don t have Internet Even when you do have Internet it s just better to use this app The only problem that should be delt with is when you are looking up a bunch of words when you go back to search for a new word it keeps the previous word and doesn t erase everything and that gets annoying when looking up several words at a time                     Great app 12301237

But now it crashes ALL THE TIME Used to crash after a long while now crashes immediately just about very other search This version is nigh unusable And still no updates to fix the bugs     Was a good resource shhshjjd

the latest version seems to accumulate errors and regularly crashes after use for about 25 words needs a fix other than that it s a great app             new version crashes frequently HeyJudeJES

The newest update makes this app incompatible with my device I realize this is probably a move that allows you to offer more features or at least update more easily But me I m basically out 20 text of previous review Another reviewer suggested an in app form for reporting missing words This would be great Please implement this Reflexive verbs should be listed as their own individual entries see the irse complaints perhaps in addition to being listed under their non reflexive forms I know that I will always look for reflexive verbs as individual entries but when I was a less experienced student I would have looked up the non reflexive verb and I imagine many self taught speakers would too This dictionary seems better geared toward formally educated students than self taught students or travelers To make this more friendly toward the latter groups pronunciation guides would go a long way         update removes compatibility pdRydia

The new version that i just updated with keeps crashing very quickly It has always worked well in the past     Collins Spanish English Dictionary AJIIJA

The design is simple intuitive and uncluttered Definitions are thoroughly explained with plenty of examples regional usage and some idiomatic explanations The ability to click a word in a definition then define or conjugate it is very useful After finding one definition I often find myself browsing more just for fun The same tool allows for searching on Google but I ve found that the content is this application is very rich and more than sufficient The Recent Word List can double as a Favorites List since single entries can be deleted The Verb Conjugation tool is extremely useful and actually a completely separate reference book I hesitate to recommend the following as an improvement because this is a translation dictionary and such references are usually separate books A more integral cross referencing of idiomatic expressions might be nice Originally I balked at the price of this application But the iPad iPhone integration and its proven usefulness and reliability have made me come to think of it as a bargain instead                     Robust and Feature Packed Bunny Boot

I love this app I bought an earlier version two years for 24 95 just before I went to Guatemala for two months to learn Spanish I was wondering if any app could be worth that much until I began using it in my 1 on 1 tutoring sessions Definitely worth it It was so useful I began calling it mi diccionario m gico It had everything I needed for class when I needed it and it was fast at retrieval so I could look things up in the middle of a conversation with my maestro I also had Barron s 501 Spanish Verbs with me a great thick book that I love but I found I did not really need it because the conjugations were all in my Collins When I got home I encouraged my daughter an Hispanic Studies who was heading off to Chile for her junior semester abroad to download the app She used it and loved it as well I have upgraded to the newest version 1 4 3 and it is even better I am about to visit my daughter in Nicaragua for 3 weeks and have been studying and refreshing my Spanish using it This new version is as remarkably stable as older versions and has never crashed on me I like that it now begins to pick out possible words as I type in a word I also like that the conjugations are now embedded in the definition of the word so I no longer have to switch to a separate conjugation section In conclusion this is best value app I have and worth every dollar                     Mi diccionario m gico Bay Area Bopper

This is one of the best dictionaries around It isn t perfect I stump it occasionally but on the whole it is pretty comprehensive And I really like the iPad interface John I purchased an earlier version that worked well Unfortunately as soon as I upgraded to 1 2 5 I started having problems 1 Locks up From time to time it just stops responding No matter what I do including rebooting the iPhone 2 Interface frequently doesn t update the status bar that tells which language you are translating from and to so even though the dictionary IS switching from Spanish to English or vice versa the status bar does not update Overall I like the app I love having an excellent dictionary in my pocket The interface takes some getting used to but once you figure it out it works prior versions I m looking forward to getting a repaired version Right now it is unusable My iPhone is an original with OS version 3 1 2 P S I really like the new way that the status bar changes from English Spanish to Spanish English The animated change is obvious whereas the earlier version was less noticeable and I sometimes flip flopped a couple of times thinking I had missed the switch button which is too small                 Version 1 4 1 is Super JohnOfAnnapolis

I would have given this iPhone app 5 stars as it is what the previous reviewer states It is easy to use seems to be comprehensive in its coverage and the conjugation feature is very useful for someone learning a language This app is so much handier than flipping through pages of a dictionary My only complaint so far is that a search for the word irse does not come up with anything Although the word and definition can be found under ir way down the page if one wasn t familiar with the word it can t be found in the dictionary using the search function Odd because when you type in the word it shows up in the suggestion menu but when you click on the word it does not take you to a definition Clearly an error There might be other errors as well This is just the first I ve run accross                 Where is the entry for irse Sin irse

First it contains clear examples of pretty much every expression figure of speech and the dozens of different uses for words with multiple meanings Second it has every conjugation of every tense of every verb I don t know what I d do without that The conjugations are much easier to access in the iPad version but with a couple extra taps you can get there on the phone as well Also it is truly bi directional The entries are equally as detailed whether going from English to Spanish or Spanish to English                     Unbelievably useful especially the conjugations gif32

Update Where is the EYMOLOGY It would really help you understand the language better I really don t understand why people are complaining about this amazing software Ultralingua has put a lot of work into its dictionaries and it shows The best features are the conjugations semantics numbers history regional variation usage and sample sentences I would only ask the developers add the IPA transcription to Spanish even though it is largely phonetic because this will help non native speakers be more confident in their pronunciation and make them more aware of unfamiliar sounds But other than that this dictionary like all other Pro Ultralingua dictionaries rocks Keep up the good work and please continue adding new languages such as Japanese Swedish and others                 Awesome Philippe331

I used to use a translator by Franklin it was expensive bulky and not easy to use This app is the best it s worth every dime                     Awesome Connoisseurmusical

To the creators of the app Great product I love it Wish I had had this in high school and college One suggested improvement sometimes I ll enter a word that isn t in the dictionary It would be great and I think doable if you had a feature wherein I could Report an unlisted word if I ve looked up a word and it doesn t appear then I click on the Report button and I would get a form where I could also optionally add the source and perhaps also the surrounding text where the word was used Maybe also a suggested definition Then you would know what words are the priority to add to the dictionary If you have the definition in your database but just not listed in the app you could even email me back the definition automatically Second improvement suggestion allow searching by all the verb forms E g if I put in pongo the dictionary does not give me poner You have all the data in the app in the verb section just make it searchable in the definition section                     One feature would make this a six if that were possible Daily Gratitude

After all this time and after all the Ultralinga apps have been updated to iPad and iPhone 4 0 we final get an update to the app and still it doesn t support either Come on Collins you are supposed to be the standard I purchased the most expensive iPhone app ever and you can t keep the app current Shame on you     What a disappointment Mythlandia

Not compatible with 4 0 no pronunciation too expensive     Needs more updates Carlangas23

Even Ultralingua admits this app is inferior to their 19 99 version I love this app but if you re considering buying choose Ultralingua s standard version     Don t Buy Collins Ryan Ashcraft

It s extremely frustrating that the ultralingua translation dictionary 1 has more words 2 costs less 3 is a universal app I feel ripped off In any case don t by this one which is obviously abandon ware     Why don t they upgrade this to an iPad version AronTNY

But please please please make a favorites or flashcard function for those of us trying to actually learn the language Would be so easy to do and would be so helpful Gracias                 Pretty Darn Good Ned_the_red

Update Lately the biggest annoyance is that the app always opens to the last entry or screen it was in when last closed This would be much better as an option It would make tons of sense to also have the option to have the app open to a blank search screen ready to type in a word It is extreeeeemely tedious when going back and forth between another app and this one to always have to wait for the app to open to its last state and then navigate to the search screen and then clear and then enter Most often dictionaries are opened to quickly look up a new or different word Besides the history screen does a pretty good job of recording the last entry viewed and so on History list is less buggy but after a while I still get duplicated entries on occasion and sometimes random entries will not display the translation direction but will again at a later time Hey how about manual bookmarking like other Ultralingua language apps I ve seen in the app store There s another star right there OK so I ve discovered it IS possible to use text copy with the content You have to tap and hold and drag to position from blank spaces or in the side margins or something You can get a resizable selection rectangle or the standard selection pins watch for the magnifier It can be a pain but it can be done Factoring in the price tag I can t offer more than three stars at this time Some content is suspect erroneous see other reviews although generally content is fairly clear and rather comprehensive There ARE a lot of phrase examples which is nice buton occasion are written in ways I ve never heard anyone speak American or British which makes one suspect the quality of all the translations Maybe this is characteristic of translation dictionaries in general Some searches yield no results even though the word appears as a subentry in particular reflexive verb forms Absolutlely no manual bookmarking capability like some of their other language products Updates were VERY FEW and VERY FAR between but lately there have been a couple with minor tweaks No key or legend to explain dictionary abbreviations etc though most can be figured out in context But WTF is the asterisk for found in some entries The world may never know Clumsy slow method of navigating verb tenses button popup screen to select It would be very useful to have arrow buttons and or swiping to quickly move through tenses without leaving the conjugation screen The number translation feature is great though At this price this app is a little minimalistic in terms of user interface and functionality But forget audio pronunciations It s Spanish for gosh sakes There are FAR more important enhancements needed without adding a hundred megabytes All said and done sure it s still probably better than a Franklin electronic dictionary             Needs some work good potential Steven Zyler

Incredibly buggy It regularly loses functionality You may click to switch from an english search to a spanish search but nothing appears to happen The system may have changed what is being searched but the display doesn t update I have also had the conjugation section lock on one verb for the past tense I look up any verb and it goes to present tense fine but when I select past tense it reverts to a verb from an hour ago Would not stop until I exited and re entered the program I use it a lot but I have to quit and reopen several times a day due to bugs The bottom line Way to pricy for how poorly it functions         Incredibly buggy kilkin

Excelente                     M dico Don Pablo Diego

If you re looking for a travel translator this is not the program you re looking for The verb conjugator has some utility but certainly doesn t justify the purchase price         Look elsewhere hatfield02

Poor program cross reference slow and problematic     Bad Program cvs iphone

This dictionary is excellent Not only is casa there with 9 entries defining it but so are many other words I am having a problem with the conjugation function but that may just be my phone The previous reviewer who said that even basic words could not be found was not using the dictionary very well                     previous reviewer mistaken baharper

Unfortunately this dictionary really cannot be called Pro One would think that Pro means for the non novice or for those seeking additional definitions for less common words This dictionary however is geared toward beginning students and should market itself as such For example upon download I immediately attempted to find some words I had recently come across to no avail Mordiente no entry found Verd n no entry found While these are not words that basic students need to know a Pro dictionary should be exactly that more advanced with a wider range of vocabulary and an eye toward words a student of Spanish will encounter as his or her studies progress         Why is it called Pro Spanish literature student

If I had the time I would make a list of all the words this dictionary doesn t include It s practically useless Don t buy it I wouldn t download it again even if it were free     A tremendous disappointment Rudy_Chasal

I paid almost 25 and no audio pronunciation that is very bad So what this app has different from the other that make it too expensive ahhh is just because is from Ultralingua     no audio pronunciation lucho2000

Looks very good so far The ability to search for a conjugated verb and find the matching infinitive is great especially for irregular verbs If it automatically took you to the correct tense page when you tapped on the entry it would be even better                     Very nice Mschickler

Tried Spanish Anywhere first but quickly ran into words that weren t included in that dictionary This one is comprehensive I haven t stumped it yet I like the history feature to review words you ve previously looked up but a bookmark feature would be better as it gives the user more control An integrated flashcard feature for memorizing the words you ve looked up would be hugely useful and would really set this apart from paper dictionaries                     Very happy with this product iPhone User 31666

It works fine but it s a bit pricey for a dictionary It should be around 10             overpriced Speedracer3000

Not too reassuring conjugation for freir has freido instead of frito how many other errors lurking             Like the looks a lot but worry about accuracy RHMont4