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to dub the film

to dub the film

4.6
Replace the voices in a film with speech in another language
  • phrasal verb
  • /dʌb ðə fɪlm/
translation icon : doblar la película
  • The company will dub the film into Spanish for Latin American audiences.

Examples

  • Many European countries prefer to dub the film rather than show subtitles.

  • Before international release, they had to dub the film into several different languages.

  • They decided to dub the film in Spanish.

  • Did they dub the film for international audiences?

  • They will dub the film into French so that it can reach a wider audience.

  • Before distribution, the studio aims to dub the film in multiple languages.

  • The director announced plans to dub the film in German for the upcoming release.

Synonyms

to dub
vsto dub the film
11 5.3

To replace a film or TV soundtrack with one in another language

replaces only the original spoken dialogue of a screen production into another language

How Complete

to dub the film
4.6
to transcribe
27 4.2
to subtitle
13 3.7
to caption
20 3.4

Surface Forms

dub the film infinitive
dubbed the film past
dubbed the film past participle
dubbing the film present participle
dubs the film third person singular

Morphology

dub + the + film

The verb 'dub' directly names the process of substituting a film's spoken track, and pairing it with the noun 'film' yields the literal action 'to dub the film.' This is a straightforward verb + object composition (and has parallels in many languages, e.g. Spanish 'doblar'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the meaning.

Etymology

Dub the film may come from the idea of giving a movie a second or 'double' voice. Imagine putting a new recorded voice over the original voice so the movie speaks another language, and that's why dub means 'to replace the original spoken dialogue'.