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portray

English

  1. 🔊 portray in words
    “The book portrays the actor as a selfish person”
  2. 🔊 make a portrait of
    “Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba”
  3. 🔊 represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
    “The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting”
  4. 🔊 assume or act the character of
    “She impersonates Madonna”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 retratar to portray

Similar words

depict limn present impersonate act a part act out bring to life cartoon catch a likeness chalk character characterize charcoal chart color copy crayon create a role crosshatch dash off daub delineate depict describe