Televisión (en. Television)

/teleβiˈsjon/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

System for transmitting visual and auditory signals.

Television has changed the way we consume entertainment.

La televisión ha cambiado la forma en que consumimos entretenimiento.

Device that receives these signals.

My television is connected to the internet.

Mi televisión está conectada a internet.

Set of programs broadcast on channels.

Today there is an interesting program on television.

Hoy hay un programa interesante en la televisión.

From Greek 'tele', meaning 'far', and 'visio', from Latin 'visio', meaning 'sight'.

watch television

Watching programs or movies on the television device.

ver la televisión

cable television

Television service that transmits channels via cables.

televisión por cable

television programming

Set of programs broadcast on a specific channel.

programación televisiva

television set

Device used to watch television.

televisor

television viewer

Person who watches television.

telespectador

channel

Units for broadcasting television programs.

canal

idiot box

Don't spend all day staring at the idiot box.

No te quedes todo el día mirando la caja tonta.

gossip machine

That program is a gossip machine that only talks about celebrities' lives.

Ese programa es un chismógrafo que solo habla de vida de famosos.