backrooms
/baɡkɾooms/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'backrooms' is used in Spanish as backrooms to refer to the internet urban legend about a series of unsettling, endless office-like rooms.
How do you pronounce it?
/baɡkɾooms/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the concept of 'no-clipping' into the backrooms is often described using the verb glitchear, adapting English gaming terminology into a Spanish verb.
- Fans of the backrooms in Spanish frequently use the word entidad to describe the monsters, avoiding more common words for 'monster' to maintain a sense of clinical detachment.
- While backrooms is common online, some Spanish speakers use the term espacios liminales to describe the eerie, transitional quality of these areas.
Examples in context
- Por favor, asegúrese de que las habitaciones traseras estén bien iluminadasPlease make sure the backrooms are well lit
- El equipo de almacenamiento está en los depósitosThe storage equipment is in the backrooms
- La reunión se llevará a cabo en los cuartos de atrásThe meeting will take place in the backrooms
- He visto muchos videos sobre los backrooms.I have seen many videos about the backrooms.
- Esa historia de los backrooms me da miedo.That backrooms story scares me.
- Los backrooms son un concepto muy extraño.The backrooms are a very strange concept.
Example conversation
Elena and Javier are talking about internet mysteries.
- ElenaMe dan miedo los backrooms.The backrooms scare me.
- JavierYo creo que son solo una leyenda.I think they are just a legend.
- ElenaPero los videos parecen muy reales.But the videos look very real.
- JavierSon solo efectos especiales, Elena.They are just special effects, Elena.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
