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filme

film

noun FEEL-meh Less Common

Usage Note

Filme is the Hispanicised spelling of the English loanword 'film', used especially in Spain and in formal or journalistic writing. In everyday speech, película is far more common throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The plural is filmes. The verb form filmar (to film/shoot a movie) is universal and uncontested.

Examples

"El filme ganó varios premios."

Natural Translation

The film won several awards.

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