OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20038

caption

/ˈkæp.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
prefacio
The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
capción • intitulación • leyenda • título
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.
subtítulo descriptivo • subtítulo para sordos
A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
(theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 20039

caption

/ˈkæp.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
capcionar • intitular
To add captions to a text or illustration.
Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
subtitular
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
Phrases
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