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montaje

assembly

noun mohn-TAH-heh Less Common

Also means

editing

Usage Note

Montaje covers several senses: the assembly or installation of a structure (montaje de un escenario = stage setup), film or video editing (el montaje de la película), and a staged deception or setup (todo fue un montaje = it was all a setup). The film-editing sense was borrowed directly from French cinema terminology and remains standard in Spanish media.

Examples

"El montaje de la exposición tardó tres días."

Natural Translation

The assembly of the exhibition took three days.

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