ABBYY and Larousse Mexico Launch Spanish Dictionary Applications for iOS

ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and services, and Ediciones Larousse S.A. de C.V., leading Mexican dictionaries and reference content publisher, today announced a development partnership to provide iOS users in North and South Americas with a series of four truly smart Spanish dictionary applications. Larousse Spanish Basic Dictionary, Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, Spanish Verb Conjugation Dictionary and Dictionary of Biographies combine Larousse premium content, enjoyable user interface, and powerful functionality of ABBYY Lingvo for iOS, cutting-edge mobile dictionary software. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, they will be of great use and help to language learners, enthusiasts and professionals around the world.

New joint dictionary applications provide iOS users with rich up-to-date vocabulary, searchable entries and multiple word usage examples. Larousse Spanish Basic Dictionary delivers detailed definitions in Spanish for words, collocations and idioms frequently used in Spanish-speaking countries. The Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms offers a comprehensive thesaurus containing - in addition to other words marked with regional labels - Latin America's local terms. About 5 000 most common Spanish verbs with inflected forms for all tenses and persons can be easily found in the Spanish Verb Conjugation Dictionary. Furthermore, with the Dictionary of Biographies, iOS users can enjoy illustrated entries about life and works of most prominent historical figures of Mexico and the whole world.

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