autofoco
Portuguese
Etymology
From auto- + foco. Calque of English autofocus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tuˈfɔ.ku/ [ˌaʊ̯.tuˈfɔ.ku], /ˌaw.toˈfɔ.ku/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈfɔ.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.toˈfɔ.ko/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈfɔ.ko]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tɔˈfɔ.ku/
- Rhymes: -ɔku
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧fo‧co
Noun
autofoco m (uncountable)
- (photography) autofocus (electronic device that keeps the image in focus)
Further reading
- “autofoco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “autofoco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
autofoco m (plural autofocos)
- (photography) autofocus
- Synonym: autoenfoque
- 2016 July, “Suplementos Tecnología móvil”, in El Comercio[1]:
- Además, posee un autofoco híbrido que le permite capturar movimiento en 0.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “autofoco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024