Dictionary in iBooks

Hello,
If I touched a word in the book I am reading, comes some options related to that word; one is Dictionary. If I choose it, comes a error message: "Dictionary not available for this language". How come? I am reading a book in English. I would like to have 2 dictionaries — in English and in Portuguese. I would understand if the Portuguese dictionary were not available but I can not believe that even the English one is not available.
In my iPhone 3G apps, appear "Dictionary.com" and "Dicionário Priberam".
They should work as when I am reading on the web on my Mac. I press the shortcut for the dictionary clicking on a word and the meaning of the word appears. What can I do?
Jorge Lucas (the guy from Vacaria)

Jorge Lucas wrote:
In my iPhone 3G apps, appear "Dictionary.com" and "Dicionário Priberam".
If those apps don't work the way they are supposed to, you need to contact the people who made them.
Apple's built in dictionary for iBooks is only English and Japanese. Is the English book you are reading an epub version? It should work. Have you tried other English Books? Have you tried resetting your device?

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