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black-and-white television n | (TV set: cannot display colors) | televisor en blanco y negro nm + loc adj |
| My parents remember the days when black-and-white television was the only type of TV available. |
| Mis padres recuerdan los días en que sólo había televisores blanco y negro. |
black-and-white television n | uncountable (TV shows in black and white) | televisión en blanco y negro nf + loc adj |
cable television n | (TV broadcasting via cable) | televisión por cable grupo nom |
| | cable nm |
CCTV n | initialism (closed-circuit television) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| | videovigilancia nf |
| The robbery was captured on the bank's CCTV. |
closed-circuit television n | (monitoring system) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| The thief was caught stealing the car on closed-circuit television. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los ladrones fueron capturados gracias a que la tienda tenía circuito cerrado de televisión. |
color television (US), colour television (UK) n | countable (TV set: shows images in colour) | televisor a color, televisor en color nm + loc adj |
| We've got a color television in the living room. |
| Tenemos un televisor a color en la sala. |
color television (US), colour television (UK) n | uncountable (TV shows broadcast in color) | televisión a color, televisión en color nf + loc adj |
| Colour television first came to the UK in 1967. |
| La televisión a color llegó a Reino Unido en 1967. |
color TV (US), colour TV (UK) | informal (television set: shows images in colour) (aparato) | televisión a color nf + loc adv |
| | televisor a color nm + loc adv |
color TV (US), colour TV (UK) | uncountable, informal (television shows broadcast in color) (emisora) | televisión a color nf + loc adv |
educational television n | (use of television for education) | televisión educativa nf + adj |
HDTV n | initialism (high-definition television) | HDTV nf |
| | televisión de alta definición nf + loc adj |
high-definition television n | (TV system giving sharper image) | televisión de alta definición nf + loc adj |
licence fee, TV licence fee, television licence fee n | UK (cost of permit to own a TV) | licencia de televisión nf + loc adj |
on television adv | (being shown on TV) | en la televisión loc adv |
| What's on television tonight? Anything besides reality shows and crime shows? |
| ¿Qué hay hoy para ver en la televisión? ¿Algo que no sea reality o programas sobre el crimen? |
pay television, pay-TV, pay TV n | (TV by monthly subscription) | televisión por subscripción nf + loc prep |
| | televisión de pago nm + loc prep |
plasma television n | (type of flatscreen TV) (coloquial) | plasma nm |
Note: Usualmente, si se sobreentiende en el contexto que se está hablando de un televisor, se dice simplemente "plasma". |
reality television n | (TV about real-life situations or people) | telerrealidad nf |
| (anglicismo) | reality show, reality nm |
satellite television n | (broadcast by satellite) | televisión por satélite nf + loc prep |
satellite TV n | informal (broadcast by satellite) | TV por satélite nf + loc prep |
television audience n | (people watching tv) | audiencia televisiva nf |
| Judging by the programs that are aired these days, a lot of people in the television audience like to watch violence. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Nunca supe cómo saben cuál es la audiencia televisiva de los programas. |
television broadcast n | ([sth] shown on tv) | programa de televisión nm |
| That old cop show was my favorite television broadcast. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. CSI es uno de mis programas de televisión favoritos. |
television broadcasting n | (transmitting images on tv) | transmisión televisiva nf |
| They use a lot of fancy equipment for television broadcasting. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La transmisión televisiva del partido dejó las calles de la ciudad desiertas. |
television camera n | (device that films moving images for tv) | cámara de televisión nf + loc adj |
Note: Abreviado: cámara de TV (pero se sigue leyendo cámara de televisión). |
| I didn't really enjoy the live recording because there was a television camera in my way. |
| No me gustó mucho la grabación en directo porque siempre había una cámara en mi camino. |
television channel, television station n | (TV station) | canal de televisión nm + loc adj |
| I can't stand the silly stuff they show on that television channel. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Hubo una época en que con suerte disponíamos de un par de canales de televisión. |
television commercial n | (advertisement shown on TV) | anuncio de televisión, comercial de televisión loc nom m |
television program (US), television programme (UK) n | (show broadcast on TV) | programa de televisión loc nom m |
television reception n | (signal received by a television set) | señal de televisión loc nom f |
television reporter n | (journalist working in TV) | periodista televisivo nm |
television season n | (set of episodes of a TV show) | temporada nf |
| ¿Has visto ya la quinta temporada de House? |
television serial n | (drama televised in episodes) | serie televisiva nf + adj |
television series n | (TV show) | serie de televisión loc nom f |
| | serie televisiva loc nom f |
television set n | (appliance that receives tv signals) | televisor nm |
| | televisión nf |
| (formal) | aparato de televisión nm + loc adj |
| I bought myself a new television set with a plasma screen yesterday. |
| Ayer me compré un televisor con pantalla de plasma. |
television show (US), television programme (UK) n | (programme broadcast on TV) | programa de televisión nf + loc adj |
| | show televisivo nm + adj |
| Television shows from the 70s seem pretty stupid to me now. |
| Los programas de televisión de los 70s me resultan muy estúpidos ahora. |
television studio n | (building where TV shows are filmed) | estudios de televisión loc nom m |
| | centro de producción de programas de televisión loc nom m |
| I saw quite a few famous people when I visited the television studio. |
| Vi a muchos famosos cuando visité los estudios de televisión. |
TV film, TV movie, telefilm, made-for-television movie, made-for-TV movie n | (movie intended for TV) | telefilme nm |
| | película para televisión nf + loc adj |
watch television vtr + n | (watch TV programmes) | mirar televisión vtr + nf |
| | ver la televisión grupo nom |