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filmar

to film

verb feel-MAHR Rare

Origin: From English film, borrowed into Spanish.

Also means

to shoot (video)

Usage Note

Filmar is a regular -ar verb. It is interchangeable with rodar when talking about shooting a film, though rodar is more traditionally cinematic and filmar more colloquial/digital-era. The noun form is filmación (filming, shoot).

Examples

"Van a filmar la próxima escena aquí."

Natural Translation

They are going to film the next scene here.

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