retrato

portrait


Noun retrato m (plural retratos)

  1. portrait
  2. portraiture
  3. portrayal

Verb retrato

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of retratar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • El retrato tenía un fondo oscuro.

    The portrait had a dark background.

  • Como preparación para pintar un retrato, mi amigo toma muchas fotografías con el fin de estudiar el tema de cerca.

    In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.

  • La obra de cualquier hombre, ya sea de literatura, música, pintura, arquitectura o cualquier otra, siempre es un retrato de sí mismo.

    Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or a picture or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

  • El retrato está colgado en la pared.

    The picture is hanging on the wall.

  • Todo retrato que es pintado con sentimiento es un retrato del artista, no del modelo.

    Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

  • Un amigo mío encargó a un reconocido artista pintar un retrato de su esposa.

    A friend of mine commissioned a well-known artist to paint a portrait of his wife.

  • Sacaron el retrato de la pared.

    The portrait was taken from the wall.

  • Mi retrato está en todas las comisarías de policía del país.

    My picture's in every police station in the country.

  • Un retrato de mi abuelo está colgado en la pared.

    My grandfather's picture is on the wall.

  • Compré un marco de cuero para el retrato.

    I bought a leather frame for the picture.


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