What does radio in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word radio in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use radio in Spanish.

The word radio in Spanish means radio, radius, spoke, radius, radium, radi-, radio-, broadcast, treat with radiation, treat with X-rays, broadcast, spread, notify on the radio, announce on the radio, radio booth, radio control, range, operational range, scope, grapevine, pirate radio, pirate radio station, radio taxi, radio cab, radio broadcaster. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word radio

radio

nombre ambiguo en cuanto al género (radiorreceptor)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La radio no sintoniza ninguna emisora donde pueda escuchar el partido.
The radio is not tuned to any station where I can listen to the match.

radius

nombre masculino (segmento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El radio es cualquier segmento trazado desde el centro de la circunferencia a cualquier punto de la misma.
The radius is any line drawn from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference.

spoke

nombre masculino (rayo de la rueda)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me caí de la bici y rompí un radio.
I fell off the bicycle and broke one of the spokes.

radius

nombre masculino (hueso) (bone)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los huesos cúbito y radio forman el antebrazo.
The radius and ulna are the bones of the forearm.

radium

nombre masculino (elemento químico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El radio es el más pesado de los alcalinotérreos.
Radium is the heaviest element of the alkaline earth metals.

radi-, radio-

prefijo (radiación)

(prefix: Added to front of word stem--for example, unsaid = un+said.)
El paciente fue sometido a radioterapia y se encuentra bajo observación.
The patient underwent radiotherapy and is now under observation.

broadcast

verbo transitivo (transmitir por radio)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
A las ocho van a radiar el partido de fútbol.
At 8 o'clock they are going to broadcast the soccer game.

treat with radiation, treat with X-rays

verbo transitivo (tratar con radiación)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
A Teresa la van a radiar en días alternos.

broadcast, spread

verbo transitivo (decir secretos, chismes)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
No te vuelvo a contar un secreto porque sé que luego vas y lo radias.

notify on the radio, announce on the radio

locución verbal (medio de comunicación)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Avisaron por radio los ganadores del sorteo.
The draw winners were announced on the radio.

radio booth

locución nominal femenina (estación radiofónica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los locutores hacen el programa desde la cabina de radio.
The presenters host the show from the radio booth.

radio control

(control por radio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

range, operational range

nombre masculino (aeronave: combustible) (travelling distance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El radio de acción del caza Mig-21 es de 1.100 km.
The range of a Mig-21 fighter jet is 1,100 km.

scope

nombre masculino (nivel de alcance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El radio de acción de la empresa de semillas son las zonas agrícolas.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The radio station has a large footprint in the city.

grapevine

nombre femenino (ES, coloquial (chisme, rumor)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me enteré del chisme por radio macuto.
I found out about the gossip through the grapevine.

pirate radio, pirate radio station

nombre femenino (coloquial (emisora ilegal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una radio pirata no tiene permiso para operar.

radio taxi, radio cab

locución nominal masculina (supervisión por radio) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La operadora de radio envió un radio taxi al aeropuerto a recoger a un cliente.
The operator sent a radio taxi to the airport to pick up a client.

radio broadcaster

locución nominal masculina (aparato electrónico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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