televisor
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English
Etymology
Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.
Noun
televisor (plural televisors)
- (dated) A television set.
- A television broadcaster or telecaster.
- 2004, Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Gernsback Days:
- The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.
Asturian
Pronunciation
Noun
televisor m (plural televisores)
Related terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
televisor m (plural televisors)
- a television set
- Synonym: televisió
Galician
Noun
televisor m (plural televisores)
- television set
- Synonyms: televisión, tele
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
televisor m (plural televisores)
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
televisor m (plural televisores)
- television set, TV set, television receiver, television, (colloquial) telly (a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form)
- Synonyms: televisión, tele
- 1973, “Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:
- Un televisor inútil / Eléctrica compañía / La radio a todo volumen / Y una prisión que no es mía
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “televisor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014