serial

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɪəriəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɪriəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sēr′ē əl)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
serial n mainly UK (TV, radio: programme in parts) (radio)serial nm
  (televisión)serie nf
  (fascículos)novela por entregas nf + loc adj
 On Saturday nights they broadcast old radio serials.
 Los sábados a la noche transmiten viejos seriales de radio.
serial adj (recurrent, repeated)serial adj mf
  en serie loc adj
  recurrente adj mf
 Joe's a serial monogamist; he hates staying single for too long.
 Joe es un monógamo serial, odio estar soltero mucho tiempo.
serial adj (released in parts) (revista)por entregas loc adj
  (radio, televisión)serie nf
 The magazine is publishing a serial story over several months.
 A new serial drama starts on this channel next week.
 La revista va a publicar una historia por entregas a lo largo de varios meses.
 Una nueva serie dramática va a empezar en este canal la próxima semana.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
serial comma,
also UK: Oxford comma n		 (punctuation)coma de enumeración nf + loc adj
  coma de Harvard loc nom f
  coma de Oxford loc nom f
 In the sentence: "Party guests included the neighbours, Ian, and Beth." the Oxford comma is used after Ian and clarifies that it is the neighbours and Ian and Beth who have been invited rather than that the neighbours are Ian and Beth.
serial killer n (person who murders repeatedly)asesino serial, asesina serial nm, nf + adj mf
  asesino en serie, asesina en serie nm, nf + loc adj
 The serial killer was finally arrested last weekend.
 Finalmente arrestaron al asesino serial la semana pasada.
serial killing n often plural (murders in succession)asesinatos en serie loc nom mpl
serial murder n (law: killings of multiple people)asesinatos en serie loc nom m
 Ogorzow was convicted and executed for the serial murder of eight women.
serial number n (sequential ID number)número de serie grupo nom
 The serial number on a bottle of water carries information about where it was bottled.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los números de serie aparecen en el código de barras.
serial rights (commercial rights)derechos de publicación por entrega nmpl + loc adj
television serial n (drama televised in episodes)serie televisiva nf + adj
Universal Serial Bus n (USB: standard computer port) (informática)USB nm
  puerto USB loc nom m
  entrada USB loc nom f
 The Universal Serial Bus is technology that makes it possible to connect an electronic device to a computer.
USB n initialism (Universal Serial Bus) (acrónimo)USB nm
 Does this device support USB?
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'serial' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
episode - identification mark - identification number - miniseries - periodical index - soap - soap opera - USB
Spanish:
serial - asesino en serie - fabricación en serie - folletín


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