programar

to programme

verb proh-grah-MAHR Rare

Also means

to schedule

Usage Note

Programar covers both the computing sense of writing code and the general sense of scheduling or planning (a TV show, an event, a device). In tech Spanish programar and codificar are both used for coding; in everyday use programar una cita means 'to schedule an appointment'. The noun programación covers broadcasting schedules as well as software programming.

Examples

"Hay que programar el sistema para que se actualice solo."

Natural Translation

The system needs to be programmed to update itself.

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