Subtítulo (en. Caption)

/suβˈtitlo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Explanatory text that accompanies an audiovisual work.

In the movie, the English subtitles help those who do not speak Spanish.

En la película, los subtítulos en inglés ayudan a los que no hablan español.

Text that translates the dialogue of a movie or series into the viewer's language.

I always prefer to watch movies with subtitles instead of dubbed.

Siempre prefiero ver películas con subtítulos en vez de dobladas.

From the Latin 'subtitulus', meaning 'secondary title'.

Download subtitles

Downloading the translation of dialogues for a movie.

bajar subtítulos

Subtitles for the deaf

Additional text that describes sound effects for people with hearing disabilities.

subtítulos para sordos

Subtitling

The process of adding subtitles to a video.

subtitulación

Dubbing

The process of recording dialogue in another language.

doblaje

Legend

Brief text that provides additional information about images or videos.

leyenda

Title

Name of a work, usually the main one.

título

Easy to read on the screen.

That series has subtitles that are very clear.

Esa serie tiene subtítulos que son muy claros.

To include in the original version.

I prefer trailers with subtitles that are not in the original language.

Me gustan más los trailers con subtítulos que no están en el idioma original.