videotape

• Sustantivo que designa una cinta magnética utilizada para grabar y reproducir imágenes visuales y su sonido asociado, o la grabación de vídeo realizada en dicha cinta.

A noun referring to a magnetic tape used for recording and playing back visual images and associated sound, or a video recording made on such tape.

1. Magnetic tape for recording videoB1formal

   A relatively wide magnetic tape used to record visual images and associated sound.

   cinta de vídeo

   • The old videotape was stored in a box in the attic.
   • He rewound the videotape to watch the scene again.
   • Videotapes were the primary medium for home movies before DVDs.

   Sinónimostape

2. Video recording on tapeB1formal

   A video recording that is made on magnetic tape.

   Grabación de video en cinta

   • She found a videotape of her wedding from the 1980s.
   • The documentary was originally released on videotape.
   • They transferred the old videotape to a digital format.

   Sinónimosrecordingtapevideovideocassette

• Verbo que significa grabar algo en cinta de vídeo o registrar imágenes en movimiento con una videocámara; actualmente en gran medida sustituido por métodos de grabación digital.

A verb meaning to record something on videotape, now largely replaced by digital recording methods.

1. Record on videotapeB1formal

   To capture moving images and sound onto magnetic tape for later playback.

   Grabar en videocinta

   • They videotaped the entire wedding ceremony.
   • The interview was videotaped for archival purposes.
   • She videotaped her child's first steps.

   Sinónimostapetape recordvideo