1 (side view, outline) perfil; (m) her calm, dignified profile he had a beautiful profile Renaud was slender, with the aristocratic aquiline profile of an Italian nobleman his handsome profile was turned away from them the jagged profile of the mountains on the horizon 200 ft cliffs, their profiles weathered into outlines of faces modern glazing cut to fit the older stone profiles of the building
in profilein de perfil the brain, seen in profile here this picture shows the girl in profile the baby lay sideways, so his face was in profile he'd turned his head away - his face was in profile he turned his head to see himself in profile a crow in sharp black profile, like a silhouette she appeared at her best in profile
2 (description, portrait) reseña; (f) perfil; (m) (TV programme) perfil; (m) a television profile of Clint Eastwood a newspaper published profiles of the candidates' wives confused by the situation in Yugoslavia? - read our special profile of the different factions in tomorrow's issue she wanted to write profiles of the founders of the Party she doesn't [fit] the profile of the typical academic there are thousands of people who fit that profile his history of arson and cruelty to animals fitted the classic profile of a sociopathic killer he fits the profile of a typical dropout in many ways experts helped them build up a psychological profile of the killer he has drawn a psychological profile of Saddam and describes him as a judicious political calculator we are able to sketch a fairly complete psychological profile of those people who are most likely to develop cancer
3 (public image) we want you to revamp the organization's public profile the changing demographic profile of Britain the classic profile of a high jumper is tall and slim - but powerful leg muscles are vital
her work with the Fund has given her a very high profilehigh la labor que ha realizado para el Fondo ha dado gran relieve a su figura la ha lanzado a un primer plano;or military men continued to have a high profile in the administration los militares seguían ocupando una posición destacada en la administración
he is undisturbed by his high profile he has adopted a higher profile since the death of the prime minister I think this should be given a much higher profile in the final document a move that would give Egypt a much higher profile in the upcoming peace talks the movement was started in Korea, but it gained a high profile in the West when it moved to America hard-liners in the Kremlin seem to be taking an increasingly high profile at that time the sport did not have the high profile it currently enjoys the drug Valium has had a high profile Turkey has had a high profile in the Macedonian issue the Princess Royal was not expected to have a high profile to [keep] [maintain] a high profile he has used his Cabinet position to keep a high profile police and paramilitary troops have been maintaining an unusually high profile in the capital they have been unable to maintain the high profile they had in last year's campaign
to keep maintain a low profileorlow tratar de pasar desapercibido the army and police kept a low profile during the march we'd better keep a low profile until the furore has died down the major presidential candidates are keeping low profiles today as they prepare for their last debate the vital thing was to keep a low profile - do nothing to draw attention to herself
to raise the profile of sth/sbraise realzar la imagen de algo/algn the TV presentation I did helped raise my profile the campaign to raise the profile of cyclo-cross in Britain during my year as mayoress I hope to raise the profile of disabled people one of Mr Kennedy's main tasks will be to raise the profile of the party
