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Saturday, August 9, 2014

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pantalla, noun
screen

Pantalla is the general word for any kind of screen, ranging from computer screens, to cinema screens, to the TV.

cómodamente sentados ante la pantalla del ordenador
comfortably seated in front of the computer screen

When a book or play is adapted for the screen the phrase is llevar a la pantalla:

el proyecto de llevar a la pantalla su última novela
the plan to adapt his latest novel for the screen

La pequeña pantalla is the small screen, the TV

Será llevada a la pequeña pantalla en una miniseries de seis capítulos.
It will be adapted for TV in a six-part miniseries.

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