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English

A screenshot.

Etymology

From screen +‎ shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).

Pronunciation

Noun

screenshot (plural screenshots)

  1. (computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
    Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap
    I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.

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Verb

screenshot (third-person singular simple present screenshots, present participle screenshotting, simple past and past participle screenshotted or (less common) screenshot)

  1. (computing, transitive) To take a screenshot of something.
    To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.
    • 2023 February 22, “Network News: Northern thwarts barcode cheats”, in RAIL, number 977, page 25:
      Northern has made it harder for fraudsters to cheat checks on barcode season tickets. The operator has made it impossible for people to screenshot tickets from within the Northern app and then share the tickets for others to use.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.

Noun

screenshot m

  1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)
    Synonym: schermata

Further reading

  • screenshot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.

Noun

screenshot m (plural screenshots)

  1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)
    Synonyms: captura de ecrã, captura de tela, print, Print Screen
    • 2005, André Machado, Aroaldo Veneu, Fernando de Oliveira, Linux: comece aqui, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 15:
      Em Documentos Recentes, aparecem os arquivos recém-criados pelo usuário (para conferir, pressionei Print Screen no teclado, capturando a área de trabalho e transformando-a num screenshot no Gimp. Mas isso é assunto para mais adiante).
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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot

Noun

screenshot m (plural screenshots)

  1. screenshot
    Synonym: pantallazo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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