grabación

/ɡɾabaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

recording

🎙️📼 grab-a-ción: grab a show and keep it, as in grabar = to record

Grabar first meant to engrave, from French graver, which is related to English engrave. A recording was once a groove cut into wax or vinyl. Add -ción, the Spanish ending for -tion, and you get grabación: the recording.

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