Free App downloads
The Rough Guides Phrasebook container app comes pre-loaded with 12 languages. Download the app for free and try out each language for as long as you want – you can get the full version of any language guide by entering the unique code from your purchased book, or via in-app purchase.
Every language’s vocabulary selection has a helpful emphasis on travel, leisure, getting around, activities and food and drink.
Each language contains:
- Up to 1,600 words and phrases useful in typical travel situations
- Additional travel dictionary containing up to 1,900 entries
- Menu reader – use it every time you visit a restaurant
- Need-to-know phrases, recorded by native speakers for perfect pronunciation
Learning support app functionalities:
- Spotlight search, full text search, wildcard search and list of similar words
- Flexible font size settings for your convenience
- Favourites option for memorising your most important words
- History for checking recently viewed entries
- Card Quiz for testing use of new words
Available languages:
- Arabic
- Danish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Mandarin
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish
Free audio downloads
Click on the Rough Guide Phrasebook title below to access its free audio downloads. To save the audio files, PC Users should right-click on the links and choose 'Save Target As', then save the files to your desktop. Mac users should control+click on the links, then save the files to your desktop. Then you can open them in any media player that supports MP3 files, or sync them to your device via iTunes.
Croatian
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Communications
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Trains
Czech
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Communications
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Trains
Dutch
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Egyptian Arabic
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Communications
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Trains
French
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
German
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Greek
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Hindi & Urdu
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Communications
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Trains
Italian
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Japanese
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Latin American Spanish
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Mandarin Chinese
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Mexican Spanish
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Polish
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Portuguese
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Russian
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Spanish
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Swahili
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Thai
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains
Turkish
- Accommodation
- Banks
- Booking a Room
- Car Hire
- Car problems
- Children
- Communications internet
- Communications phone
- Directions
- Emergencies
- Friends
- Health
- Hotels
- Language Difficulties
- Meeting People
- Nightlife
- Post Offices
- Restaurants
- Self-catering accom.
- Shopping
- Shopping for clothes
- Sightseeing
- Taxis
- Trains