La televisión Flashcards
(poco) apto/apropiado/adecuado
(un) suitable
actual
current, present-day, modern
adictivo
addictive
ameno/divertido
enjoyable
basura (la tele basura)
trashy (trashy TV)
diario
daily
educativo
educational
indeseable
undesirable
insoportable
unbearable
maleducado
rude
mensual
monthly
puesto/a
switched on
quincenal
fortnightly
semanal
weekly
sobrado/ exagerado
over the top
frente a
in front of
caja tonta
‘the box’ (television)
gama de programas
a range of programmes
herramienta
tool
niñera electrónica
child-minder/baby-sitter
pantalla
screen
programación
programme times/range
telebasura
trashy TV
television por cable
cable TV
tertulia
chat show
violencia televisa
violence on TV
contenidos de corazón
celebrity gossip
programas (reality)
reality programmes
programas de cotilleo
TV chat/ gossip shows
arquetipo
archetype (certain type of character)
canal de televisión
(TV) channel
capítulo
episode
comportamiento
behaviour
concurso
contest
culebrón
soap opera
documental
documentary
espacio publicitario
commercial break
horario de máxima audiencia
prime time
informativo
TV news programme
jurado
jury
perdedor
loser
premio
a prize
public objetivo
target audience
telediario
television news bulletin
telespectador
TV viewer
televisor
TV set
tráiler
trailer
vencedor
winner
alargar
to extend, spin out, prolong
ambientar
to set (context of a story)
apagar
to turn off
atontar
to make stupid
difundir
to spread, transmit
distraer
to amuse, distract, entertain
encender/poner (la tele)
to put on (the tele)
engancharse a
to get hooked on
enredarse en
to get involved in
fomentar
to promote, stir up, encourage
impedir
to impede
narrar
to tell, recount
realizar
to attain, achieve, fulfil
soler
to be in the habit of
sonar (con)
to dream (of)
subvencionar
to subsidize
sumar
to add up, total, summarise
apalancarse delante de la tele
to plonk yourself in front of the TV
dosificar el tiempo ante el televisor
to limit the amount of time spent watching TV
hacer de canguro
to baby-sit
hacer zapping
to channel hop
invadir la intimidad
to invade someone’s privacy
producir un efecto hipnótico
to produce a hypnotic effect
quedarte con los ojos cuadrados
to get square eyes
volver loco a alguien
to drive someone mad
el televidente
tv viewer
la verguenza
shame
el canal de pago
pay per view channel
el chisme/cotilleo
tittle-tattle
el liderazgo
leader/way out front
dar la gana
to want to do something
encerrarse
to shut oneself away
grabar
to record
cualquier
any
miope
short sighted
lo demas
the rest of
la broma
joke
la pelea
fight
el secuestro
hijack/hostage
matar al mensajero
to kill/shoot the messenger
chocante
shocking
morbose
gruesome
vago
lazy