A reference work designed according to the linguistic requirements of the Brazilians. Includes terms from different fields of knowledge, regionalisms, foreign words and slang.

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

The application was created using state-of-the-art technology, presenting results immediately when querying for a word, with a clean and objective user interface optimized for your Mac.

These are the main features of the "Michaelis Dicionário Escolar Língua Portuguesa":

• complete contents without requiring Internet connection;
• more than 50,000 definitions;
• more than 30,000 phrases, examples and accreditations;
• syllable division and part of speech of the entries;
• etymology, plurals, feminines, irregular augmentatives and diminutives;
• synonyms, antonyms, variants and government of verbs;
• complete conjugation of all verbs in the dictionary;
• tips and grammatical curiosities;
• practical guide of the Orthographic Agreement;
• advanced query by spelling approximation;
• query by beginning, ending, or middle of entry or by definition of the entry;
• history and bookmarks of entries;

A dictionary essential to assist reading, writing and speaking well the Portuguese language.