When you're doing Portuguese homework or trying to read a book in Portuguese, a good Portuguese-English dictionary program is a quick way to translate a word and move on. After you install the program on your computer, you can simply type in the English or Portuguese word and get a quick translation, instead of having to look it up in a paper-dictionary. Or you could type the strange word into a Portuguese-Portuguese or Portuguese-Spanish dictionary program for a quick definition. And in case you're not near a computer, these electronic-dictionaries come with the old fashioned paper dictionaries too--with all of the same words included. The software in this list will be a big help as you learn Brazilian Portuguese or improve your portuguese by reading Brazilian books.