(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) 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).
a 5-litre tin can of paint/the boathouse was full of old tools, /paint cans/ and fishing gear/some paints can take weeks to dry completelythey saw some large letters in white paintthe paint round the window frames was peelingwe must do something about that peeling paint on the bathroom ceiling
a coat of paintuna mano de pintura
the paint was flaking off the wallsla pintura de las paredes se estaba descascarillando
I think it's about time the windows had a fresh coat of painthow many coats do you think it'll need?
wet paint(ojo,) recién pintado
she applies her paint to the canvas in thick swathes
she had been given /a set of pastel paints/ for her birthdayin the art room, the brushes and paints had been set outpalettes, bottles, jars and dozens of tubes of oil paints strewn over the benchwater-based artist's paints
a box of paintsuna caja de pinturas
transitive verb
1(Art)[+picture, subject]pintar;[+slogan, message]escribir con pintura
why do people paint pictures?a picture painted in water coloursat the moment she's painting a portrait of Sir LaurenceWhistler painted his mother in a rocking chairpaint the varnish on and leave it to dry for at least four hourshe had painted a rude [message] on the lavatory wall
2(apply paint to)[+wall, fence etc]pintar
to paint sth bluepintar algo de azul
the fence had been painted with creosote
to paint the town redirse de juerga or parranda (informal)
3(make up)[+nails, lips]pintarse
/she/ propped the mirror against her handbag and /began to paint her lips/
she painted her fingernails redse pintó las uñas rojas or de rojo
to paint one's facepintarse;maquillarse
4(portray)describir;pintar
despite Republican efforts to paint Clinton as a tax-and-spend liberalhe tried to paint his opponent as a right-wing extremisthe painted the situation in very black colourshe's not as [black] as he's painted
to paint a grim/gloomy/bleak picture of sthdescribir algo en términos sombríos/deprimentes/desalentadores;pintar algo muy negro
the report paints a grim picture of life in the shanty towns of Ríoannouncements of profits for the first quarter paint a gloomy picture for the car manufacturer JKL
pro-democracy activists paint quite a different picture of the situationlos activistas en pro de la democracia describen la situación en términos muy diferentes;to paint a rosy picture of sthpintar algo de color de rosa;to paint a vivid picture of sthdescribir algo gráficamente
he went on to paint a rosy picture about how much has already been accomplishedher novels paint a vivid picture of life in the East End of London
5
to paint sth on[+varnish, dye]aplicar algo
paint the solution on with a clean brushaplicar la solución con un pincel limpio
6(Med)
treatment involves painting the sores with iodine solutionel tratamiento requiere aplicar una solución de yodo en las heridas
intransitive verb
pintar
Hopper painted in a realist styleI had come here to paintI couldn't paint if I tried
to paint in oilspintar al óleo
to paint in watercolourspintar con acuarelas
I prefer painting in oils to using other media
modifier
paint remover (n)quitapintura (f)
paint roller (n)rodillo (m) (pintor)
paint scraper (n)raspador (m) de paredes
paint spray (n)pistola (f) (rociadora) de pintura
paint stripper (n)(substance)quitapintura (f)
I was so angry that I splashed paint-stripper all over his carstrong substances like paints, paint-strippers, bleaches and disinfectants can wreak havoc on your skin
(tool)raspador (m) de paredes
paint thinner (n)disolvente (m)
one of the lorries, carrying industrial resin and paint thinner, burst into flames
