is painting
-está pintando
Present progressivehe/sheconjugation ofpaint.

paint

paint(
peynt
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la pintura
(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).
(F)
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.).
transitive verb
a. pintar
We will finish painting the house on Saturday.Acabaremos de pintar la casa el sábado.
a. pintar
I mostly paint portraits, but I do the occasional landscape.Pinto sobre todo retratos, pero de vez en cuando hago paisajes.
a. pintar
The village is not as bad as it is painted.El pueblo no es tan malo como lo pintan.
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.
b. pintarse
My daughter paints her nails purple.Mi hija se pinta las uñas de morado.
a. aplicar
Paint the solution on the nail bed.Aplique la solución sobre el blanco de la uña.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
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.
a. pintar
Personally, I prefer to paint with oil.Yo, personalmente, prefiero pintar al óleo.
a. tapar con pintura
They'll have to paint over the graffiti.Tendrán que tapar el grafiti con pintura.
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