dirigido por
/diɾixido poɾ/from spelling rules
The English phrase "directed by" is translated into Spanish as dirigido por.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the past participle dirigido (directed) and the preposition por (by).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In certain regions, the preposition de can be used instead of por to convey the meaning of "by".
How does it change in a sentence?
The past participle dirigido must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Use dirigida por if the directed object is feminine, dirigidos por for masculine plural nouns and dirigidas por for feminine plural nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/diɾixido poɾ/
Did you know?
- The term director refers to both a movie director and a school principal in Spanish.
- In Spanish, the same word dirigir is used to describe both the creative direction of a film and the technical conducting of an orchestra.
- The word dirigido shares its DNA with the English word 'direct' because both stem from the Latin 'dirigere', meaning 'to set straight' or 'to guide'.
Examples in context
- La película "El Laberinto del Fauno" fue dirigida por Guillermo del Toro.The film "Pan's Labyrinth" was directed by Guillermo del Toro.
- La cinta "Volver" fue realizada por Pedro Almodóvar.The movie "Volver" was directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
- La película "También la Lluvia" fue dirigida por Icíar BollaínThe film "Even the Rain" was directed by Icíar Bollaín
- La película animada "Toy Story" fue dirigida por John Lasseter, el fundador de Pixar Animation Studios.The animated movie "Toy Story" was directed by John Lasseter, the founder of Pixar Animation Studios.
- Alfred Hitchcock dirigió el aclamado thriller "Psycho".Alfred Hitchcock directed the acclaimed thriller "Psycho".
- La película fue dirigida por Spielberg.The movie was directed by Spielberg.
- El nuevo cortometraje está dirigido por él.The new short film is directed by him.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries por, CC BY-SA 4.0.
