espectáculo
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]espectáculo m (plural espectáculos)
- (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of espetáculo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin spectaculum. Cognate with English spectacle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espectáculo m (plural espectáculos)
- show, performance (play, dance, some act or series of acts of public entertainment, often live)
- Es el mejor espectáculo en Broadway.
- It's the best show on Broadway.
- spectacle, show
- He oído que hiciste todo un espectáculo.
- I heard you put on quite a show.
- Vale, ahora sólo estamos dando un espectáculo de nosotros.
- Okay, now we're just making a spectacle of ourselves.
- Nunca había visto semejante gran espectáculo como eso.
- Never had I seen such a grand spectacle as that.
Hyponyms
[edit]- espectáculo de danza (“dance show”)
- espectáculo de marionetas (“puppet show, marionette show”)
- espectáculo de títeres
Derived terms
[edit]- industria del espectáculo (“entertainment industry”)
- mundo del espectáculo
Related terms
[edit]- espectacular (“spectacular”)
- espectador (“spectator”)
Further reading
[edit]- “espectáculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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