General information

During more than 15 years of work, the "Michaelis Modern Dictionary of the Portuguese Language" was totally revised, updated and expanded by Editora Melhoramentos and in 2015 it received the name "Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of the Portuguese Language".

And now, celebrating 10 years of success on Google Play, the "Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of Portuguese Language" app has been updated and expanded by A&H Software, also featuring a new look, more responsive, fluid, modern and attractive. It's been 10 years of work to bring you the most complete and updated dictionary of Portuguese spoken in Brazil, now available only in digital format.

Elaborated with scientific and lexicographical rigor, the "Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of the Portuguese Language" has more than 350,000 definitions and is updated with terms that emerged with the development of science and technology and with new words used in the most varied media, in addition to regionalisms, colloquialisms and slang.

The entire content of the dictionary follows the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (VOLP, 5th edition, March 2009), respecting the changes introduced by the 1990 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement.

The full content of the dictionary is fully available, without the need for an internet connection to use it.

Discover the main features of the "Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of the Portuguese Language":

• complete content, no internet connection required*;
• more than 167,000 entries and 350,000 definitions;
• more than 47,000 examples and accreditations; more than 27,000 expressions;
• syllabic division of entries for entries;
• reference to more than 100 areas of knowledge;
• grammar class and rulership of verbs;
• etymology of the word, detailing its origin and formation;
• irregular plurals, feminines, augmentatives and diminutives;
• accreditations, idioms and slang;
• complete conjugation of all verbs in the dictionary;
• references to synonyms and variants;
• complementary consultation material:
– syllabic division rules;
– use of crasis, punctuation and capital letters;
– forms of treatment, collectives and verbs;
– new spelling of Portuguese;
• query in other apps by sharing;
• word lookup in the clipboard;
• recognition of more than 1,250,000 verb conjugations;
• recognition of plurals, feminines, superlatives, augmentatives and diminutives;
• intelligent search, including orthoepia, typos and phonetic approximation;
• consultation by beginning, end and content of entries;
• option to configure colors in the display of definitions;
• personal notes, favorites and entry history;
• display of the word of the day, for learning or curiosity;
• option to save/recall history and bookmarks from Google Drive;
• support for dark mode, even on Android versions prior to 10;
• Android multi-window mode support;

* Internet connection is required exclusively to activate the application after installation, once. Once activated, the application does not require Internet access to be used.