Escáner (en. Scanner)

/es'ka.ner/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Electronic device that captures information from a document or image.

The bank’s scanner digitizes all the checks that arrive.

El escáner del banco digitaliza todos los cheques que llegan.

System that allows obtaining images of objects or areas through specialized technology.

The airport security scanner checks the luggage.

El escáner de seguridad del aeropuerto revisa los equipajes.

It comes from the English 'scanner', which in turn is derived from 'scan', meaning 'to scan'.

Network scanner

Device that analyzes the security of a computer network.

escáner de red

Portable scanner

Model of scanner that can be easily transported.

escáner portátil

Barcode scanner

Device that reads barcodes to obtain product information.

escáner de código de barras

Digitization

Process of converting physical documents into digital formats.

digitalización

Copier

Machine that makes copies of documents.

copiadora

Printing press

Machine that creates prints of texts or images.

imprenta

Scanner for selfies

I'm going to use the selfie scanner to see how I would look in photos.

Voy a usar el escáner para selfies para ver cómo me vería en fotos.

To scan

You just have to scan the documents to send them by email.

Solo tienes que scanerizar los documentos para enviarlos por email.