retrato

Inflexiones de 'retrato' (nm): mpl: retratos

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
retrato nm	(dibujo de una persona)	portrait n
	El retrato no te hace justicia: tú eres más guapa.
	The portrait doesn't do you justice, you're prettier than that.
retrato nm	(fotografía de una persona)	photograph n
		portrait n
	Tengo un retrato de mi abuela en el día de su primera comunión.
	I have a photograph of my grandmother on the day of her first communion.
retrato nm	(descripción detallada)	portrait n
	El libro hace un retrato de la sociedad en el siglo XIX.
	The book offers a portrait of society in the 19th century.

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
retratar⇒ vtr	(arte: pintar, dibujar)	paint⇒ vtr
		draw⇒, sketch⇒ vtr
	El artista retrató el paisaje de su ciudad natal.
	The artist painted the scenary of his home town.
retratar vtr	(tomar una foto)	photograph⇒ vtr
	No tengo pulso para retratar bien.
	I don't have a pulse to photograph well.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
retratarse⇒ v prnl	ES, coloquial (pagar la cuenta)	pay up vi phrasal
	(colloquial)	fork out vtr phrasal sep
	Venga, retrátate y paga.
	Come on, pay up.
retratar⇒ vtr	figurado (representar fielmente)	portray⇒ vtr
		depict⇒ vtr
	(in detail)	describe⇒ vtr
	Ha retratado la realidad fielmente en su relato.
	He has faithfully portrayed reality in his story.

Compound Forms: retrato \| ~~retratar~~
Spanish		English
retrato-robot, retrato robot nm	policial (identikit, reconstrucción)	composite sketch n
	(US)	identikit image, identikit portrait n
	(UK)	photofit image, photofit portrait n
ser el vivo retrato de alguien loc verb + prep	(parecerse mucho) (physically)	be the spitting image of [sb] v expr
	(physically)	be the image of [sb], be the living spit of [sb] v expr
	(in character)	take after [sb] vtr phrasal insep
	(in character: colloquial)	be a chip off the old block v expr
	Hijo, eres el vivo retrato de tu padre.
	Son, you're the spitting image of your father.

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