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subtítulo

Spanish, noun

subtítulo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “subtitle, subhead, subheading (a heading below or after a title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, subtitulo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of subtitular”. With an accent, subtituló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of subtitular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Título de menor importancia que el principal y que a veces se pone después de este”.

What does subtítulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesubtitle, subhead, subheading (a heading below or after a title)

  2. 2

    masculinesubtitle (textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)

  3. 3

    masculinecaption (a piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, and it describe dialogues and sound for viewers who cannot hear it)

  4. 4

    masculineclosed caption

verb

as subtitulo
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of subtitular

verb

as subtituló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of subtitular

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Título de menor importancia que el principal y que a veces se pone después de este. 2. Letrero que comúnmente va en lo bajo de la pantalla de cine o del televisor, en el cual va la traducción de la obra hablada en una lengua extranjera.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of subtítulo

  • subtítulos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to subtítulo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is subtítulo in Spanish?

subtítulo appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).