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to watch dubs

to watch dubs

5.0
To watch films or shows with the voices replaced in another language
  • phrasal verb
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  • Many anime fans prefer to watch dubs rather than read subtitles.

Examples

  • When traveling, she would often watch dubs of her favorite shows in local languages.

  • He doesn't mind if his friends watch dubs instead of the original version.

  • I love to watch dubs in my free time.

  • She watches dubs every weekend.

  • Many anime fans prefer to watch dubs rather than read subtitles.

  • When traveling, she would often watch dubs of her favorite shows in local languages.

  • He doesn't mind if his friends watch dubs instead of the original version.

Surface Forms

watch dubs infinitive
watched dubs past
watched dubs past participle
watching dubs present participle
watches dubs third person singular

Morphology

watch + dub

The meaning 'to view media that has been dubbed' is directly and compositionally derived from 'watch' (to view) plus 'dub' (to replace a program's spoken track with translated audio); here 'dubs' functions as 'dubbed versions'. This simple verb + object/nominalised verb pattern is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

The phrase watch dubs comes from the word dub, which means to put new voices over the original sound of a movie or show so the characters speak in another language. So 'watch dubs' means 'to watch films or shows with voices recorded in a different language'.