Not very helpful.ĭon't Miss: How to Fix Autocorrect Bugs & Fails in Your iPhone's Stock Apple Keyboard Step 1: Add Your Secondary Dictionary Languages If you don't have the Spanish language dictionary added in your settings, then you either won't get a definition or you will get one for the English version of the word, if the spelling is similar. In order to look up an unknown word in Spanish, you would highlight it, then choose 'Look Up' from the contextual menu.
But if you read or write in more than just English, you won't be able to see accurate definitions unless you add those other languages to your list of dictionaries manually.įor instance, English may be your primary language, but if you're fluent in Spanish, you may read or write in that language sometimes too.
The native dictionaries in iOS, which have been around since 2011, let you define words on your iPhone on the fly in Safari, News, Notes, and other apps.
