Spanish word

filme

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈfilme/

Meaning

  • masculine nounmovie

Example

¿Te apetece ver un filme esta noche?

Do you want to see a movie tonight?

Illustration for filme (movie)

More examples

Ayer vimos un filme de acción que nos gustó mucho.

Yesterday we watched an action movie that we liked a lot.

Core concept

A cinematic production projected on a screen with moving images and sound.

Common phrases

  • ver un filme

    watch a movie

  • un filme de acción

    an action movie

Similar words

película: Everyday cinematic motion picture shown in theaters or at home that tells a story or records events.
film: Motion-picture work produced by camera recording, carrying a foreign-derived, specialist tone.

Definition in Spanish

Producción cinematográfica creada para proyectarse en pantalla, que muestra una historia o documenta hechos mediante imágenes en movimiento y sonido.

Word origin

Borrowed from English and French film, originally an Old English word meaning thin skin that came to name photographic film and then the motion pictures made on it.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech película is far more common; filme tends to appear in written, critical, or festival contexts.

Related words

  • filmarfilmverb
  • filmaciónfilmingnoun
  • filmadofilmedadjective

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