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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

captura de pantalla

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaptuɾa de pantalla

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Screenshot/ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Guarda una captura de pantalla del recibo de pago."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An image of the data displayed on a computer screen, mobile device, or television display.

    "She took a screenshot of the error message to send to the IT department."
As verb
  1. 1

    To capture an image of what is currently visible on a digital screen.

    "Make sure to screenshot the confirmation page before closing the browser."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a modern compound word formed from 'screen' (referring to a display monitor, deriving from Middle English and Old French) and 'shot' (referring to a photograph or instantaneous capture, from Old English 'gesceot'). Originally used in film and television production to denote a single frame captured from a reel, it evolved in computing terminology during the late 20th century to describe an image of what is displayed on a computer or device screen.

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