pestaña del navegador
/pestaɲa del nabeɡadoɾ/from spelling rules
The English phrase "browser tab" is translated into Spanish as pestaña del navegador.
This phrase refers to the clickable element at the top of a web browser window used to switch between different open web pages. In a technical context, you can often omit del navegador and simply say pestaña if the context of web browsing is already established.
What does it mean word for word?
The word pestaña literally means "eyelash" or "tab" (as in a small flap or folder tab).
How do you pronounce it?
/pestaɲa del nabeɡadoɾ/
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Examples in context
- Por favor, abra una nueva pestaña del navegador.Please open a new browser tab.
- ¡Mira este sitio web interesante en otra ficha del navegador!Look at this interesting website on another browser tab!
- Pon ese video en una pestañita del navegador, ¿quieres?Put that video in a browser tab, will you?
- No encuentro la pestaña del navegador de la tienda.I can't find the browser tab for the store.
- Cierra esa pestaña del navegador, por favor.Close that browser tab, please.
- Tengo demasiada información en cada pestaña del navegador.I have too much information in every browser tab.
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are working on a computer together.
- LucíaDaniel, no encuentro la página web.Daniel, I can't find the webpage.
- DanielMira en la segunda pestaña del navegador.Look in the second browser tab.
- LucíaAh, ya la veo, gracias.Oh, I see it now, thanks.
- DanielDe nada, Lucía.You're welcome, Lucía.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries del, navegador, pestaña, CC BY-SA 4.0.
