Brazil Slang and Travel Reference App for iPhone Review
Next year, it is going to be World Cup time and lots of you might be flocking to Brazil to witness the event firsthand. If you’re not a native Portuguese speaker, perhaps an app like Brazil Slang and Travel Reference might come more than handy in such a trip. The app gives you tips on Portuguese vocabulary that is directly related to Brazilian travel and slang words. Let see if the app is worth its hype.
Brazil Slang and Travel Reference App Features
Brazil Slang and Travel Reference app for iPhone has two parts: The travel reference has translations for dozens of travel-related terms to help you find your way around airports, hotels, museums, and other points of interest, whereas the Brazil Slang dictionary, gives you definitions of terms that you wouldn’t find in every Portuguese dictionary, providing an essential tool for communicating and sightseeing in Brazil. The second part comes a cropper as you’ll discover soon in the following paragraphs.
The UI is sort of a mixed bag. It is not clearly the best in the league. You can search for words or scroll down the alphabetically arranged list of terms to find your word. To search, simply enter the first few letters of the word and the app will list all related words beginning with/containing the mentioned letters. The downside is that you can’t search any word with their English meaning. Also, words are not grouped in any helpful sorts of categories or groups. To sum it up, it is not so easy to browse words.
User reviews from Brazilian natives lambasts the app for its inaccurate and sometimes incomplete translations. Unfortunately, users can’t upload corrections/edits to mistakes like in Wiki either. You can get iPhone Brazil Slang and Travel Reference app for free from iTunes App Store. The app is compatible with iOS versions 3.0 or later.
Conclusion
It appears that Brazil Slang and Travel Reference iPhone app can’t be relied upon as a sole reference for the Brazilian slang. Inaccurate translations and mistakes spoil the usability to a good extent. The UI is just average. The search feature isn’t impressive either. Further, you can’t search any word by its English meaning. For native English speakers, this is a deal breaker. Verdict: Can be kept as a backup resource. Google works better.
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