Why are language dictionaries always like this?

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The foreign language comes first
PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH
ENGLISH-PORTUGUESE
instead of
ENGLISH-PORTUGUESE
PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH

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  • Because people generally look at the foreign word in order to translate it into English. However the reverse is also true, so Dictionaries come in both formats

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  • Because usually you’re looking up the foreign word, rather than a translation from the english.

  • bOOK IS MOSTLY USED FOR TRANSLATION OF THAT WHICH IS UNKNOWN, IN THIS CASE IT’S PORTUGUESE

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