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grabar

to record

verb grah-BAHR Less Common
Arts & Culture Performance

Also means

to engrave

Usage Note

Grabar covers both audio/video recording (grabar un vídeo) and physically engraving or inscribing (grabar en piedra, to engrave in stone). In colloquial use grabarse means to stick in one's memory (grabársele algo a alguien). Do not confuse with gravar (to tax / to burden), a common spelling trap.

Examples

"Vamos a grabar la reunión para el archivo."

Natural Translation

We are going to record the meeting for the archive.

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