Save words and quotes from Chrome on your computer
Reading an article, a PDF, or a page in another language on your computer and don’t want to switch to your phone? Install the SnapVerbo Chrome extension, select the text right there in the browser, and save it straight to SnapVerbo.
Browsing on your phone instead? See Share text from another app — Chrome’s share sheet works there too, no extension needed.
Steps
- On your computer, install the SnapVerbo extension from the Chrome Web Store and sign in with the same Google account you use on your phone.
- On any webpage, select a word, phrase, or quote the way you normally would.
- Right-click the selection and choose Save to SnapVerbo.
- A small window opens with the selection already filled in, along with the source and target languages it detected.
- For an English word, a definition fills in automatically. For a different language pair, a translation fills in instead.
- Add a note if you want one, then click Save.
Tips
- Edited the word, or want a different result? Use the Refresh button next to the lookup to try again — no need to reopen the window.
- Look up externally ↗ opens the same word in a search engine tab, for when the built-in lookup doesn’t have what you need.
- Not sure the source or target language is right? Both fields accept typing — start typing a language name and pick it from the list.
- The page title and URL are saved alongside the entry, so you remember where the word came from.
- By default, definitions come from a free dictionary. Prefer Merriam-Webster? Add your own free MW API key in the extension’s settings.
- Saved entries typically show up in your SnapVerbo vocabulary within about a day.