navegador
/nabeɡadoɾ/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for browser is navegador.
The term navegador refers to a software program used to access the internet. To be more specific and avoid confusion with other types of navigators, you can use navegador web to specify a web browser.
What does it mean word for word?
The word navegador is derived from the verb navegar, meaning 'to navigate' or 'to sail', combined with the suffix '-dor', which denotes an agent or a tool.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, navegador is used to refer to a web browser and the term navegador de internet is also used for the same purpose.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form is navegadores. While navegador is the standard masculine form for the software, la navegadora can be used to refer to a female navigator or sailor.
How do you pronounce it?
/nabeɡadoɾ/
Did you know?
- Because of its connection to sailing, the verb navegar is also used by Spanish speakers to describe 'surfing' the web. In English, we say 'surfing the internet', but in Spanish, you are 'sailing the internet'.
- Unlike 'browser', which comes from the word for skimming or eating grass, navegador focuses entirely on the journey and direction.
- The word navegador is derived from the Latin navigātōrem, which comes from nāvigō meaning 'to sail' or 'to navigate'.
Examples in context
- ¿Qué navegador estás ocupando?Which browser are you using?This sentence is useful for asking which navegador someone is using.Tatoeba #1491450 by marcelostockle, translation #1135020 by CM
- Intenté instalar un nuevo navegador.I tried to install a new browser.This sentence is useful for describing an attempt to install a new navegador.Tatoeba #1611160 by hayastan, translation #1612563 by marcelostockle
- Internet Explorer es el navegador web más popular del mundo.Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser.This sentence is useful for stating that Internet Explorer is the most popular web navegador globally.Tatoeba #1508327 by marcelostockle, translation #775491 by corvard
- Para poder acceder a la página web, necesito abrir el navegador.In order to access the website, I need to open the browser.
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Example conversation
Lucía and Mateo are sitting in a cafe working on their laptops.
- LucíaEste navegador es muy lento.This browser is very slow.
- Mateo¿Quieres probar un navegador diferente?Do you want to try a different browser?
- LucíaSí, por favor.Yes, please.
- MateoTe recomiendo descargar este.I recommend downloading this one.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries navegador, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
