Epsylo vs Reverso Context
Reverso Context is a bilingual dictionary built on examples: look up a word or an expression and it shows you how it has been translated in real sentences from film dialogue, official documents and articles, in more than 100 language pairs, with flashcards, quizzes and verb conjugation around it. Epsylo starts from a whole sentence instead: in 97 languages, it translates what you wrote and breaks the translation down word by word, each word colored by its grammatical role and explained, with a politeness dial and per-word emphasis that rewrite the sentence. Choose Reverso Context to find how a word or idiom is used. Choose Epsylo to understand why a whole sentence is built the way it is.
Updated 20 October 2026 · Facts about other products checked 20 October 2026
At a glance
| Epsylo | Reverso Context | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A translator that explains the grammar of every translation | A dictionary of words and expressions shown in real sentences |
| What you put in | A sentence or a paragraph you want to say or understand | A word or an expression; longer texts go to its AI translator |
| What you get back | Your sentence translated, then broken down word by word | Translations ranked by relevance, and many example sentences for each |
| Languages | 97 | More than 100 language pairs |
| Grammar | Every word colored by grammatical role and explained, with syntax cards and a dependency tree | Translations color-coded by grammar category; verb conjugation in 10 languages |
| Register | A four-step politeness dial, from blunt to honorific | Not among its listed features |
| Emphasis | Six kinds of emphasis, down to a single word | Not among its listed features |
| Vocabulary practice | A vocabulary bank with spaced review | Saved lists, flashcards, quizzes and spaced repetition |
| Other learning tools | A guided course, writing critique, a tutor | AI speaking practice in the mobile app; lists teachers can share |
| Platforms | Web app, on any device with a browser | Web, iPhone and Android apps, a Chrome extension |
| Price | Free plan with 20 translations a month; paid plans on the pricing page | Free with ads; Reverso Premium is a subscription |
A word in many sentences, or one sentence in every word
Reverso Context is at its best on the question a dictionary cannot answer: how is this actually said? Type an idiom, a phrasal verb or a technical term and it shows you the translations real translators chose, each in its sentence, so you can pick the one that fits. Its Chrome extension brings the same lookup to articles, subtitles and videos, and the words you look up can become flashcards and quizzes.
Epsylo answers the next question: why is this sentence built this way? You write the sentence you need, and the translation comes back with every word open to an explanation: what job it does, its dictionary form, what else could stand in its place. Syntax cards name the constructions the sentence uses, and a dependency tree shows what attaches to what. The politeness dial rewrites the same sentence from blunt to honorific, and the emphasis control stresses a single word; the breakdown then shows what changed.
The two fit together. Reverso Context tells you which word to use; Epsylo shows you how the sentence around it holds together.
Which one should you use?
- You want to know how an idiom, a phrasal verb or a technical term is translated in practice: Reverso Context.
- You want one-click lookups while you read or watch videos in the browser: Reverso Context, with its extension.
- You want to conjugate a verb in every tense: Reverso Context.
- You wrote a sentence and want to know whether it is right, and why: Epsylo.
- You want to see how a sentence changes from casual to formal, or what stressing one word does to it: Epsylo.
- You are learning a language outside the main European pairs: Epsylo covers 97 languages, every one with the full breakdown.
What Epsylo adds to a sentence
Look up "darse cuenta" in a dictionary of examples and you learn that it means "to realise", in dozens of sentences. Translate a sentence of your own and Epsylo shows the expression working inside it:
- No me di cuenta de que ya te habías ido.I didn't realise you had already left.
The breakdown explains that "me di cuenta" is "darse cuenta" in the preterite, with the reflexive pronoun before the verb; that it takes "de que" before a clause; and that "te habías ido" is the pluperfect of "irse", because the leaving happened before the realising.
Questions
- Is Epsylo an alternative to Reverso Context?
- For understanding whole sentences, yes: Epsylo translates your sentence and explains the grammar of every word in it. For finding how a single word or idiom is used across many real examples, Reverso Context is the more direct tool, and the two work well side by side.
- Does Reverso Context explain grammar?
- It colors its translations by grammar category and conjugates verbs in 10 languages. It does not break down a sentence you wrote into the job each word does in it; that is what Epsylo is for.
- Which has more languages?
- Reverso Context lists more than 100 language pairs, built around about twenty languages. Epsylo translates between 97 languages, and every one gets the full word-by-word breakdown.
- Is Epsylo free?
- Yes, within a monthly limit: a free account includes 20 translations a month with the full breakdown, in every language. The vocabulary bank and spaced review work without an account.
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Try it on your own sentence
Epsylo translates between 97 languages and explains every word of the translation. A free account includes 20 translations a month.