How to Say "Dubbing" in Spanish

doblaje

/doˈblaxe/masculine

Dubbing in Spanish is doblaje.

The term doblaje refers to the replacement of a voice. The related verb form is doblar, which means to dub.

Meaning: replacement of voice (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The word doblaje is derived from the verb doblar, which means to fold or to double.

While doblaje refers to the replacement of the audio track, subtitulado refers to the addition of text at the bottom of the screen.

The noun doblaje is masculine and is used with the article el.

/doˈblaxe/

Spain and Latin American countries often produce entirely different doblajes for the same Hollywood movie, using different regional accents and slang.
Mexico is historically considered the 'capital' of Spanish doblaje, as many films were dubbed there for distribution across all of Latin America.
The term doblar can also be used in the context of racing to mean 'to lap' a competitor.

El doblaje de la película era muy malo.
The movie's dubbing was really bad.
This sentence illustrates how to describe the quality of the doblaje in a movie.
Tatoeba #10490853 by Shishir, translation #10490873 by DJ_Saidez
El doblaje de la película no era demasiado bueno.
The film's dubbing wasn't very good.
This sentence is used to comment on the quality of the film's doblaje.
Tatoeba #13627641 by Seael, translation #13630919 by araneo
El doblaje es una técnica utilizada para adaptar las películas extranjeras a un público que no entiende el idioma original.
Dubbing is a technique used to adapt foreign films for an audience that doesn't understand the original language.
El doblaje de voces logra que las películas extranjeras sean más accesibles y atractivas para diferentes públicos.
Dubbing voices makes foreign films more accessible and appealing to diverse audiences.
La traducción de doblaje se encarga de adaptar los diálogos al idioma meta sin perder la sincronización con los movimientos de los labios de los actores.
Dubbing translation is responsible for adapting the dialogue to the target language without losing synchronization with the lip movements of the actors.

Javier and Elena are talking about a movie they just watched at home.

Javier

¿Qué te pareció el doblaje?
What did you think of the dubbing?
Elena

Me encantó, la voz es muy natural.
I loved it, the voice is very natural.
Javier

Tienes razón, el doblaje es excelente.
You're right, the dubbing is excellent.
Elena

Es mucho mejor que la versión original.
It is much better than the original version.

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