cámara

/ˈkamaɾa/ · A2 · noun · f

camera

cámara — camera

📷 camera = Latin camera, a vaulted room; a camera is a tiny dark chamber

Spanish cámara keeps both senses: the original Latin room/chamber and the modern device, which is short for camera obscura, dark chamber. English chamber is the same word via French, so cámara = chamber = camera.

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