WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| figura nf | pintura, escultura (representación humana o animal) (image) | figure n |
| | (sculpture) | statue n |
| | (small sculpture) | figurine n |
| | Le regalamos otra figura para su colección. |
| | No me gustan tanto estas pinturas porque las figuras se ven un poco emborronadas. |
| | I don't like these paintings very much because the figures look a bit smudged. |
| | We gave her another figurine for her collection. |
| figura nf | (silueta, cuerpo) | figure, outline n |
| | | shape, body n |
| | Con esa figura te puedes poner lo que quieras. |
| | Necesito una faja que estilice mi figura. |
| | With that figure you can wear whatever you want. // I need a corset that will have a slimming effect on my figure. |
| figura nf | (representación geométrica) | figure n |
| | El ejercicio consiste en hallar el área de una figura geométrica. |
| | The exercise consists of finding the area of a geometrical figure. |
| Additional Translations |
| figura nf | (persona prominente) | leading figure n |
| | (figurative) | star, idol n |
| | (colloquial) | big name n |
| Note: Esta forma alterna con «figurón», que por lo general expresa alabanza. Nota que «figura» es femenino mientras que «figurón» es masculino. |
| | Pedro Infante es una figura de la canción ranchera y del cine mexicano. |
| | Pedro Infante is a leading figure of Ranchera music y Mexican films. |
| figura nf | (signo musical) | note n |
| | Aprende a colocar las figuras en el pentagrama. |
| | Learn how to place the notes on the pentagram. |
| figura nf | (imprenta: ilustración, imagen) | figure n |
| | En la figura 2.2 se puede apreciar el ciclo ya descrito. |
| | You can see the described cycle in Figure 2.2. |
| figura nf | (muñeco, juguete) | figure, figurine n |
| | Tomás tiene un anaquel lleno de figuras de cómics. |
| | Tomas has a shelf full of comic figures (or: figurines). |
| figura nf | (función desempeñada) (literary) | figure n |
| | Acabaremos este análisis deteniéndonos de nuevo en la figura del autor en la autoficción. |
| | We will conclude the analysis by focusing again on the figure of the author in autofiction. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| figurar⇒ vi | (pertenecer, formar parte) | figure⇒, belong⇒ vi |
| | | be prominent v aux + adj |
| | (as, in) | be listed v aux + v past p |
| | (on a list, in a text) | appear⇒ vi |
| | Su familia figura entre las más ricas del país. |
| | His family figures among (or: belongs to) the country's very wealthy.. |
| figurar vtr | (representar) | represent⇒ vtr |
| | En este dibujo, las ondas en el cielo figuran las nubes. |
| | In this drawing, the waves in the sky represent clouds. |
| Additional Translations |
| figurarse⇒ v prnl | (suponer, pensar algo) | figure⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | reckon⇒ vtr |
| | | imagine⇒ vtr |
| | | suppose⇒ vtr |
| | Luego de dos horas de espera se figuró que nadie vendría a buscarla. |
| | After two hours of waiting, she figured that no one would come to get her. |
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