spot means “ad” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Nous avons enregistré un spot pour la nouvelle campagne.

We recorded a commercial for the new campaign.

A brief radio or television segment that interrupts programming with a commercial message.

pub: An informal word for a brief broadcast commercial.
publicité: An advertisement that tells people about a company's products or services.

Courte publicité radiodiffusée ou télévisée, souvent nommée spot publicitaire.

The French noun comes from English spot in its advertising sense and became established in French during the development of modern broadcast media.

In media contexts, un spot commonly means an advertisement, while lieu or site makes the physical-place sense of spot clearer.