picture

picture
['pik ə] 1. noun
1) (a painting or drawing: This is a picture of my mother.) retrato
2) (a photograph: I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday.) foto
3) (a cinema film: There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight.) filme
4) ((with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something): She looked the picture of health/happiness.) imagem
5) ((with a) a beautiful sight: She looked a picture in her new dress.) beleza
6) (a clear description: He gave me a good picture of what was happening.) descrição
2. verb
(to imagine: I can picture the scene.) imaginar
- put someone / be in the picture
- put / be in the picture
- the pictures
* * *
pic.ture
[p'iktʃə] n 1 pintura, tela, cena, retrato, quadro. she is as pretty as a picture / ela é linda como um quadro. 2 desenho, ilustração. 3 fotografia. 4 descrição. 5 imagem, semelhança, cópia. he is the picture of despair / ele é a imagem do desespero. 6 filme cinematográfico. 7 imagem mental. 8 exemplo, corporificação. 9 fig pintura, pessoa ou coisa muito bonita. the hat is a picture! / o chapéu é um sonho! 10 situação, conjuntura. 11 pictures Brit cinema. • vt 1 pintar, retratar. 2 desenhar, ilustrar. 3 descrever, narrar. 4 imaginar, conceber. a picture of a child uma beleza de criança. just picture to yourself imagine só. to be in (the) picture estar bem informado, estar por dentro. to be out of the picture a) estar por fora. b) estar relegado ao segundo plano. to be the very picture of ser a perfeita imagem de. to come into picture aparecer, surgir, tornar-se conhecido ou afamado. to draw a picture of desenhar um quadro de, descrever pormenorizadamente. to get the picture compreender, entender, ficar a par da situação. to look the very picture of health estar vendendo saúde.

English-Portuguese dictionary. 2013.

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