grabación de video
/ɡɾabaθjon de bideo/from spelling rules
The English phrase "video recording" in Spanish is grabación de video.
grabación de video is used to describe a visual or audiovisual recording. In many Spanish-speaking countries, this term can refer to both the physical act of recording and the resulting file or tape.
Meaning: a visual or audiovisual recording (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word grabación means recording and is derived from the verb grabar, which means to record or to engrave.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural "video recordings", you must pluralize the noun grabación to create grabaciones de video. If you use an article, that must also be pluralized.
Did you know?
- Spanish uses the same verb grabar for recording a video, recording a song and engraving a ring.
- The word video is a direct borrow from English, but it shares a deep ancestral connection with the Spanish word veo, which means 'I see'.
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, if you are referring to a recording on a physical tape, you might hear the term cinta instead of video.
Examples in context
- La grabación de vídeo fue realizada durante el eventoThe video recording was done during the event
- El registro de vídeo está disponible en nuestra página webThe video recording is available on our website
- La captura de vídeo se realizó en alta resoluciónThe video recording was done in high resolution
- Graba un video en tu teléfonoRecord a video on your phone
- Vamos a grabar en video nuestras vacacionesWe're going to record our vacations on video
- Tomé un video del concierto de la bandaI took a video of the band's concert
- ¿Puedes hacerme una grabación de vídeo de la presentación del proyecto?Can you make a video recording of the project presentation for me?
- Necesito tomar un video del paisaje para mi blog de viajesI need to capture a video of the landscape for my travel blog
- La grabación de video es muy clara.The video recording is very clear.
- Necesito borrar la grabación de video.I need to delete the video recording.
- ¿Dónde está la grabación de video de la fiesta?Where is the video recording of the party?
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are looking for a file on a computer.
- LucíaDaniel, ¿encontraste la grabación de video?Daniel, did you find the video recording?
- DanielSí, la tengo aquí en mi computadora.Yes, I have it here on my computer.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! ¿Es una grabación de video nueva?Great! Is it a new video recording?
- DanielNo, es la que hicimos ayer.No, it is the one we made yesterday.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, grabación, video, CC BY-SA 4.0.
