DVD
vs
rent a video

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"DVD" is a noun which is often translated as "el DVD", and "rent a video" is an intransitive verb phrase which is often translated as "alquilar un video". Learn more about the difference between "DVD" and "rent a video" below.

DVD(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (electronics)

a. el DVD

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I think it's not working because the DVD is scratched.Creo que no funciona porque el DVD está rayado.

rent a video(

rehnd

vihd

)

An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

1. (general)

a. alquilar un video

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

When the kids were little, we used to rent a video to watch together on Saturday nights.Cuando los niños eran pequeños, alquilábamos un video para ver juntos los sábados por la noche.

b. alquilar un vídeo

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

Nowadays we almost always watch films online; not like before when you had to rent a video.Ahora ya casi solo vemos películas en línea; no como antes que había que alquilar un vídeo.

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