Dictionary English <-> Spanish CONCISE by PONS

A medium-sized dictionary with 280,000 keywords, phases and translations Do you read or write in Spanish or English in your everyday life, your spare time or as part of your job? Then the dictionary English <-> Spanish CONCISE from PONS is the perfect reference tool for you. Who can benefit in particular from this app? Everyone who has to continually look up Spanish or English terms in everyday life, in their spare time or even in their job.

About the contents:

• Current and comprehensive vocabulary containing around 110,000 keywords and phrases and more than 170,000 translations
• Bi-directional: English => Spanish and Spanish => English
• Including many new words and phrases from the areas of computers, Internet and entertainment
• Includes both British and American styles of English
• Reflects language use in Spain and Latin America

What can the app do?

• Easy search function: Don’t worry if you’re not sure how to spell a word – the similar words or wild card search function will find what you are looking for
• Jump from one language direction to the other with just one click: from ‘Spanish => English’ to ‘English => Spanish’ and vice versa. Access linked entries, equally with just one click
• Quickly and easily access to the last 50 words you have looked up

Is the size of the dictionary right for me?

• BASIC 50,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for everyday and leisure use (the most important vocabulary)
• SCHOOL
  130,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for students from Year 5 up to graduation
• STANDARD
  75,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for adults who want to learn the language or for use at language schools/adult education centres
• ADVANCED
  315,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for everyday, leisure and business use (large vocabulary)
• COMPACT
  130,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for everyday, leisure and business use (medium-sized vocabulary)
• BUSINESS
  345,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for everyday and business use (large vocabulary featuring a wide range of business terms)
• PREMIUM
  390,000 keywords and phrases
  Ideal for professional users, such as teachers, students, translators, engineers, lawyers, computer scientists, medical experts, etc. (the most comprehensive vocabulary collection that PONS has to offer)


About PONS:

PONS has been developing green materials for learning languages and dictionaries for life for more than 30 years: for school, business, travel and hobby use. More than 500 dictionaries and courses in languages as diverse as Chinese and Hungarian help you to learn and check words – regardless of any prior knowledge you may or may not have. Since everybody’s approach to learning differs, PONS offers a comprehensive range encompassing everything from classic dictionaries and grammar aids to audio and software language courses, right up to apps and free online services, such as the www.pons.eu language portal featuring dictionaries in 12 languages and German spelling rules in their entirety. For more information, visit www.pons.de.

The MSDict Dictionary Format

The PONS CONCISE Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.

• Bookmarks - you can use the Bookmarks feature as a learning tool and create your own topics and wordlists
• Filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
• Fuzzy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
• Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
• Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
• No connection to the Internet required - you can use the dictionary on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without connecting to the Internet and with no additional charges
• Ability to change the font size in the word definitions
• Fast article scrolling
• Quick search of words while you type
• Hyperlinks between words and articles