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Digitar is a proper translation according to google.
I'm surprised that this entry for "type" in En-ES does not mention "teclear", which is the option I would probably use for "to type".
DRAE: Escribir algo tecleando en una máquina.
Lexico: Escribir un texto apretando las teclas de una máquina de escribir o una computadora.
We could add it, but I'm not sure about its use because it's not really common in my region. Spanish dictionaries define teclear in a very general way:
I'm aware that "to type" can appear in different contexts, but in at least one of them, "teclear" seems to be appropriate.However, I think teclear is limited to the action of pressing a few keys in a machine, and I would only use it for short things, like teclear una contraseña, un número, un nombre... Things like teclear un ensayo or teclear un libro sound weird to me.
Thanks!I have done some research.
I looked up "tecleando" in the CREA of the RAE. There are 49 occurences. Most of them refer to typing in something on a keyboard. I appears in Spanish as well in Latin America quotes.
I will leave escribir a máquina and pasar a máquina as the main translations because it seems like type is mainly used for typewriters. I included a usage tag that specifies that escribir a máquina, pasar a máquina and mecanografiar are only used for typewriters.Also "escribir a máquina" is only valid in specific contexts: e.g. you would never use it if you want to say "type in your password".
Excellent!!I also added an example sentence to depict a common collocation (Teclee su contraseña y haga clic en «Iniciar sesión».)
And again, excellent!!I included a usage tag that specifies that escribir a máquina, pasar a máquina and mecanografiar are only used for typewriters.
El verbo tipear es una adaptación del verbo inglés to type, usada en gran parte de América, por lo que ya la recoge la 23.ª edición del Diccionario académico con el significado de ‘escribir un texto utilizando un teclado de máquina de escribir o computadora’.
No obstante, se recuerda que, para este mismo significado, se pueden utilizar los verbos mecanografiar o dactilografiar, y las construcciones pasar o escribir a máquina.
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