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figurate [fi-guiu-reit]
adjetivo
1Figurado, que tiene cierta y determinada figura; parecido a un objeto de una forma determinada.
2(Mús.) Figurado, embellecido.

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figura
feminine noun
1 figure (objeto, de persona) ; shape (forma)
  • una figura en la oscuridad -> a shadowy form
  • figura geométrica -> geometrical figure o shape
  • figura paterna -> father figure
  • figura de porcelana -> china o porcelain figure
2 (well-known) figure (personaje destacado)
  • figuras del mundo del deporte -> well-known figures from the sporting world
3 picture card, face card (en naipes)
4 (linguistics)
  • figura retórica -> figure of speech
5 (law)
  • figura jurídica -> legal concept
masculine or feminine noun
6 (informal)
  • es un figura -> he's really something (peninsular Spanish)

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figura [fe-goo'-rah]
noun
1 Figure, the form of anything. (f)
  • De figura entera -> full-length
2 The shape, the particular external appearance of a thing (forma). (f)
3 Face, mien, countenance. (f)
4 Figure, statue, image, anything formed in resemblance of something else. (f)
5 (Law.) Form, mode. (f)
6 1. (Music) (f)
7 Figure, any deviation from the rules of analogy or syntax. (Grammer) (f)
8 Figure, a space included in certain lines. (Geometry) (f)
9 Figure, any mode of speaking in which words are distorted from their literal and primitive sense (personaje). (Rhetoric) (f)
  • Natural or genio y figura hasta la sepultura -> (Prov.) what is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh
10 Figure (baile, patinaje). (f)
11 Marionette (títere). (f)
12 Picture card (naipes). (f)
noun
13 A foolish person assuming an air of importance and dignity. (m)
  • Ser un figura -> to be a big name
noun
14 Person of a mean or ridiculous appearance. (m)
noun, plural
15 In games of cards, the king, queen, and knave. (f)
A musical note; 2. motive, theme, subject.

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figura
sustantivo:femenino
1 (estatua) figure
una figura de porcelana a porcelain figure
de figura entera
figura decorativa decorative motif; figurehead
figura de nieve snowman
2 (forma) shape; form
una chocolatina con figura de pez a fish-shaped chocolate; a chocolate in the shape of a fish
3 (silueta) figure
tener buena figura to have a good figure
4 (personaje) figure
una figura destacada an outstanding figure; es una figura del toreo he's a big name in bullfighting; he's a famous bullfighter; la figura del partido de hoy (Dep) today's man of the match
figura de culto cult figure
figura paterna father figure
5 (Matemáticas) figure
figura geométrica geometric figure
6 (ademán)
hacer figuras to make faces
7 (Naipes) face card; (Ajedrez) piece; man
8 (Lingüística) figure
figura de dicción figura retórica figure of speech
9 (Teat) character; role
en la figura de in the role of
10 (Baile) (Patinaje) figure
11 (Música) note
12 (Astronomía)
figura celeste horoscope
13 (arcaico) (rostro) countenance
sustantivo:masculino
ser un figura to be a big name; be somebody

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