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zoom

zoom

noun SOOM Rare

Origin: From English zoom.

Also means

zoom lens

Usage Note

Zoom is used in Spanish as a masculine noun for a zoom lens on a camera and, since the 2020s, widely as a reference to video calls (often generically for any videoconferencing platform). In photography contexts the full phrase is objetivo zoom or lente zoom. Plural is invariable: los zoom.

Examples

"Usa el zoom para acercar la imagen."

Natural Translation

Use the zoom to bring the image closer.

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