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"Painting" is a form of "painting", a noun which is often translated as "el cuadro". "Paint" is a noun which is often translated as "la pintura". Learn more about the difference between "painting" and "paint" below.
painting(
peyn
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tihng
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. la pintura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I finally finished the painting for my art class.Por fin terminé la pintura para mi clase de arte.
2. (fine arts)
a. la pintura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
His primary interests are painting and music.Sus intereses principales son la pintura y la música.
paint(
peynt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la pintura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I want to buy extra paint for touch-ups later on.Quiero comprar pintura de más para dar retoques más adelante.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (fine arts)
a. pintar
I mostly paint portraits, but I do the occasional landscape.Pinto sobre todo retratos, pero de vez en cuando hago paisajes.
5. (cosmetics)
a. maquillarse
All of Tanya's friends are far too heavily painted for my liking.Todas las amigas de Tanya se maquillan demasiado para mi gusto.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. pintar
We are renovating the house, and I've spent the weekend painting.Estamos renovando la casa y nos hemos pasado el fin de semana pintando.
8. (fine arts)
a. tapar con pintura
They'll have to paint over the graffiti.Tendrán que tapar el grafiti con pintura.
