televisión

See also: television, télévision, and télévîsion

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telebiˈsjon/, [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧sión

Noun

televisión f (plural televisiones)

1. television (programming)

Related terms

• televisor

Galician

Etymology

From tele- +‎ visión.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telebiˈsjɔŋ/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈs̺jɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

televisión f (plural televisións)

1. television

   Iso é a televisión.

   That's the television.

Synonyms

• (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): tele
• (device for receiving television signals): televisor, tele

Further reading

• “televisión”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From tele- +‎ visión, calque of French télévision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telebiˈsjon/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: te‧le‧vi‧sión

Noun

televisión f (plural televisiones)

1. (uncountable) television (an electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)

   Synonym: tele

   Es bueno que la televisión no transmita el olor.

   It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.

2. (countable) television set, TV set, television receiver, television, (colloquial) telly (a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form)

   Synonyms: tele, televisor

   Tengo un televisor antiguo en mi estudio.

   I have an old television in the study.

3. (uncountable) television (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television)

   Synonym: tele

   Cincuenta y siete canales y no hay nada en la televisión.

   Fifty-seven channels and nothing on television.

Derived terms

• canal de televisión
• programa de televisión
• serie de televisión
• televisión a la carta
• televisión digital
• televisión por cable

 

Further reading

• “televisión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• violentéis