transmisión

What does “transmisión” mean in English?

1. broadcast / live stream

   broadcast / live stream (la transmisión en directo; en diferido = pre-recorded; native equivalent of streaming)

Example sentences

• La transmisión del evento fue seguida por miles de personas de todo el mundo en tiempo real gracias a la plataforma.

  The event's broadcast was followed by thousands of people from around the world in real time thanks to the platform.

• Tuvimos que interrumpir la transmisión durante diez minutos porque el servidor tuvo un problema técnico inesperado.

  We had to interrupt the broadcast for ten minutes because the server had an unexpected technical problem.

• Si prefieres el streaming al término nativo, recuerda que la transmisión o la transmisión en directo es igualmente válido en contextos formales.

  If you prefer the term 'streaming' to the native equivalent, remember that 'la transmisión' or 'la transmisión en directo' is equally valid in formal contexts.

How to use it

Transmisión means 'broadcast' or 'stream' — the act or output of transmitting audio or video content. It is feminine and requires an accent: la transmisión (on the ó). It distinguishes between transmisión en directo (live broadcast) and transmisión grabada / en diferido (pre-recorded broadcast). In the broader media field, transmisión can refer to TV or radio broadcasting (transmisión de televisión) as well as online streaming. It functions as the native noun counterpart to the verb transmitir and as the native equivalent of the anglicism streaming (which is widely used in informal Spanish). The distinction from podcast is that podcast is audio-only, on-demand; transmisión is typically video or live audio.