error informático
/eroɾ infoɾmatiko/from spelling rules
The English phrase "computer bug" is translated into Spanish as error informático.
This phrase refers to a mistake or flaw in a computer program that causes it to produce an incorrect result or behave unexpectedly.
Which one should you use?
In technical or colloquial settings, Spanish speakers often use the English word bug directly instead of the formal error informático.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the word fallo can be used to refer to a computer bug.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of error informático requires both the noun and the adjective to be pluralized: errores informáticos.
How do you pronounce it?
/eroɾ infoɾmatiko/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the word fallo can refer to a computer bug, but it is also the legal term for a judge's final ruling or verdict.
- The term informático is a linguistic hybrid borrowed from the French blend of information and automatique.
- In Spanish, the word informático is used both as an adjective for a computer bug and as a noun to describe the IT professional who fixes it.
Examples in context
- Cuando inicié el programa, encontré un error en el sistema que causaba el cierre inesperado.When I started the program, I encountered a computer bug that caused unexpected shutdown.
- El departamento de IT está trabajando en solucionar el fallo informático que afecta el rendimiento del software.The IT department is working to fix the computer bug that is affecting the software's performance.
- No puedo abrir el archivo, hay un fallo en el sistema que no me lo permite.I can't open the file, there's a computer bug that's not allowing me to do so.
- El sistema dejó de funcionar por un error informático.The system stopped working due to a computer bug.
- Detectamos un error informático en la última actualización.We detected a computer bug in the last update.
Example conversation
Lucía and Javier are working on a software project.
- LucíaJavier, creo que encontré un error informático.Javier, I think I found a computer bug.
- Javier¿En qué parte del código está?In which part of the code is it?
- LucíaEstá en la función de inicio de sesión.It is in the login function.
- JavierGracias, voy a corregirlo ahora mismo.Thanks, I'm going to fix it right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries error, informático, CC BY-SA 4.0.
