escáner
/esˈkaneɾ/masculine
The English word "scanner" is translated into Spanish as escáner.
The term refers to a device which scans documents.
Meaning: device which scans documents (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
This is a masculine noun. You use the definite article el for the singular form, el escáner and the plural form is los escáneres.
How do you pronounce it?
/esˈkaneɾ/
Did you know?
- The English word 'scanner' and the Spanish escáner share a very distant ancestor in the Proto-Indo-European root *skend-, which related to the act of climbing or scaling.
- In Spanish, many technical terms starting with 's' followed by a consonant, like escáner, add an e at the beginning because Spanish phonetics traditionally avoid starting words with an 's' cluster.
- In medical contexts, a 'CT scan' is not called a escáner, but is instead referred to as a tomografía.
Examples in context
- Muchos sistemas biométricos se basan en el escáner de huellas digitales.Many biometric systems are based on the fingerprint scanner.This sentence shows how the word escáner is used in the context of biometric fingerprint technology.Tatoeba #4420631 by al_ex_an_der, translation #4420639 by Eldad
- Por favor, coloque el documento en el escánerPlease place the document on the scanner
- Necesito escanear varios documentos en el escáner de la oficinaI need to scan several documents on the office scanner
- El escáner de la oficina no funciona.The office scanner is not working.
- Necesito un escáner para mis documentos.I need a scanner for my documents.
Example conversation
María and Alejandro are in an office trying to digitize some papers.
- María¿Dónde está el escáner, Alejandro?Where is the scanner, Alejandro?
- AlejandroEstá sobre la mesa, María.It is on the table, María.
- MaríaGracias, voy a usarlo ahora.Thanks, I am going to use it now.
- AlejandroPerfecto, avísame si necesitas ayuda.Perfect, let me know if you need help.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “scanner” translations and entries escáner, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries escáner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
