fotografiar
/fotoɡɾaˈfjaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to photograph, take a photograph
📷 foto + grafiar = light + write: to write with light, like English photograph
From Greek phōs (light) + graphein (to write). Spanish adds the verb ending -iar, the same pattern as fotografía (photograph) to fotografiar (to photograph). Compare English photograph and telegraph.