(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).
(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).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. 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).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It used to be customary for well-to-do individuals to have their pictures painted.Era antes la costumbre de la gente adinerada mandar a que se les pintara el retrato.
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
If things aren't going well at home for the president, the international picture may even be worse.Con lo mal que le van las cosas al presidente en este país, el panorama internacional puede que sea aun peor.
(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).
(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).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. 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).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. 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).
(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).
he's the picture of healthes la viva imagen de la salud
his face was a picturepuso una cara digna de verse
6.(fig)
a.
the political/economic pictureel panorama político/económico
7.(fig)
a.
to put somebody in the pictureponer a alguien al tanto or en situación
8.(fam fig)
a.
I get the pictureya veo, ya entiendo
picture booklibro ilustrado
picture framemarco m
picture gallerypinacoteca f
picture messagingmensajería de imágenes
picture postcardpostal f
picture windowventanal m
9.(colloquial)
a. la película
(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).
most of my pictures are etchings, engravings, or screen printsthe picture turned out to be a silkscreen worth $800some pictures in the exhibition are being seen for the first timea picture by an Italian master went for $800,000I used to look at all the fabulous pictures on the wall and think how boringly they were displayeda picture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildanganmy grandmother never liked her picture although it was very like herto [draw] a pictureI asked her to draw a picture for methey also used the bark as paper, drawing pictures upon it and inscribing messageshe was drawing a small picture with coloured chalks
to draw a picture (of sth/sb)hacer un dibujo (de algo/algn)
she drew a picture of a treeDr. Siegel asks his patients to draw pictures of themselvesto [paint] a pictureit is the single most important picture Picasso ever painteda picture of a Spanish village, painted by my brother
to paint a picture (of sth/sb)pintar un cuadro (de algo/algn)
he painted a black picture of the futurenos pintó un cuadro muy negro del porvenir;to paint sb's picturepintar un retrato de algn;pintar a algn
her book paints a vivid picture of the cityhe has been commissioned to paint a picture of the Queenshe paints a very different picture of the situationour reporter in Tirana paints a picture of a country still steeped in propogandaeye witness accounts of the situation in Mogadishu paint a picture of anarchyher book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now facethe book paints a pretty grim picture of politics in Guatemalahe wanted to paint my picturenot a single artist painted his picture during his lifetime
every picture tells a storydetrás de cada imagen hay una historia
it's often said that every picture tells a story and that's certainly true of these family snaps - look at the way the boy seems separated from the group while the father's arm encircles the girl's shoulder
a picture is worth a thousand wordsuna imagen vale más que mil palabras
John Bolton brandished the cover of Time magazine, bearing the ubiquitous image of the starving prisoner - "a picture is worth a thousand words," he said
there was a picture of them both in the paperthe Observer carries a big front-page picture of rioters in a litter-strewn streetshe has threatened to sue the newspaper that published the picturehis stark black and white pictures captured the desperation of the CzechsI must [get] a picture of that fountain!
to take a picture of sth/sbhacer or sacar una foto a algo/algn; especially(LAm)
we all had our pictures takentodos nos hicimos or sacamos fotos; especially(LAm)
I took a good picture of himthe tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each otherto [take] sb's picture
he can't read yet but /he loves looking at the pictures/assemble the pieces as shown in the picture on page 20there are two parts to every patent application: the written text that describes an invention, and the images that include pictures, diagrams and formulashunt through magazines for pictures of furniture that you likeon the walls were pictures cut out of magazines
4(personification)
he looked the picture of healthera la salud personificada
her face was a picture of concentrationVidal was a picture of sophisticated detachmentside by side they were sitting on a bench, the picture of dejectionyou're the picture [of] your mother
5(wonderful sight)
the garden is a picture in Juneel jardín es una preciosidad en junio;his face was a picture¡vaya cara que puso!;¡vieras or hubieras visto su cara!; (LAm)
she looked a picture!she was a picture in her new dressthe hedgerows are looking a picture with all the May blossom
6(situation)panorama (m)
the overall picture is encouragingel panorama general es alentador;you have to look at the whole picturetienes que considerar la situación or el panorama en conjunto
this changes the whole pictureonly the people at the top knew the whole picturethese figures do not represent the whole pictureyou're just not seeing the whole picturethe economic picture is far from goodthese figures mask the true picturethe picture elsewhere is quite differentit's a similar picture across the border in Ethiopiait's a very confused picturethe employment picture has been improvingto [come] into the pictureand that's where my plan comes into the pictureI knew that long before he came into the picture
where do I comeorfit into the picture?¿qué pinto yo or dónde encajo yo en todo esto? (informal);¿cuál es mi papel en todo esto?
to get the picturecomprender
I get the pictureya comprendo;do you get the picture?¿te enteras? (informal);¿lo captas? (informal);he was a bit unsure in the job at first but he soon got the pictureal principio no se sentía muy seguro de cómo hacer su trabajo pero pronto le cogió el truco (informal)
I get the picture - you want to keep the whole thing quietLuke never tells you the whole story, but you always get the picture[in] the pictureto [be] in the pictureare you in the picture?he said that he was relieved that the secret was out, although I was completely in the picture from the beginningif there were no children in the picture, why didn't she leave him?more than 200 delegates are at stake in the Democratic contest and even Paul Tsongas might be back in the pictureone of his closest advisers is back in the picture after disappearing in Julyyour ruler, Pluto, is very much in the picturesome Cambodians don't believe it will ever be safe to go home as long as the Khmer Rouge are still in the pictureto [keep] sb in the picturewith operation Medusa it was vital that London be kept fully in the picture
to put sb in the picture (about sth)poner a algn al corriente or al tanto (de algo)
has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?let me put you in the picture about the situation therethe [other] side of the pictureto be pushed left [out] of the picturepeople who might have had something important to offer were left out of the picture
7(idea)
these figures give the general pictureestas cifras ofrecen una idea general or una visión de conjunto;I have a picture in my mind of how I want it to looktengo una imagen mental del aspecto que quiero que tenga
he gave us a picture of the scenes at the front linethe novel is a wry picture of life in a Northern townI tried to paint a verbal picture of those feelings in my booktry and present a positive picture of yourselfI'll try and give you a better picture of what we dothe word "cottage" hardly conveys a true picture of the houseI suggested that the figures had been manipulated to supply a false picture of domestic violencethese figures will give you a clearer picture of the company's financial healthfrom the files that have now been released, a truer picture emerges/I presented an overall picture/ without going into too much detailthe utility theory of value presents a picture of society as a well-ordered, natural structureI tried to put the picture from my mindget a picture in your head and describe that person to methey have in their mind a picture of what an alcoholic should look likewe are just trying to get our picture of the whole afternoon straightshe clung to her unrealistic pictures of motherhood, family, and Churchthere was something about the story that did not fit with the picture in Andrew's mind of what had happened to Mollie that morninga picture flashed through Kunta's mind of the panther springing at himI have a clear picture of him as he was when I saw him lastI have no very clear picture of ita [mental] picturehe tried to erase his mental picture of the dead body/we all have a mental picture of ourselves/, a curious amalgam of what we were as children and as we are as spouses, workers, church-goers or whateverI have a vivid mental picture of him sitting in the gardenI had a mental picture of a race course with tall trees either sideto [build] up a picture of sth/sbI had built up a picture of her from talking to Grannytalk to as many girls as you can to try and build up a picture of the sort of person you wantLinda has been helping police build up a picture of Clive's life and friendsRandolph builds up a picture of the patient's historyAmy looked back - the picture she saw was to stay with her for everit was a picture [of] devastation
8(TV)imagen (f)
we get a good picture herethe information was obtained from satellite picturesthese are the first pictures of the war zonethese pictures are brought to you courtesy of NBC televisionthe picture needs adjustingwe have the sound but no picturehe studied the effects of the war from the ground and from satellite picturesa picture of each dress was projected on one huge screenmoving: moving picturestelevision: television pictures
9especially(US)(Cine)película (f);(Britain)
the picturesel cine;to go to the picturesir al cine
we're going to the pictures tonightI don't go to the pictures a lotwhat's on at the pictures?I'd rather see it at the pictures than on videoher film was nominated for Best PictureWarner Communications Inc has refused to distribute the picture in the United Statesthe first film I ever made was a picture called "monster from the ocean floor"a director of epic action picturesthere's a good picture on this weekshe had been a star in the silent picturesto [make] a picturethey made a picture about itwe worked together in the last picture I made
I never pictured you as a family mannunca te imaginé or te vi como hombre de familia;picture the scenefiguraos la escena
picture the scene: you're on a golden sandy beach with the with the wind in the palm treespicture if you can a winklein his mind he could still picture that look on Laura's facehe pictured her with long black braided hairI never would have pictured this as her homehe pictured Claire sitting out in the car, waiting for himI tried to picture the place, but could nothe could picture all too easily the consequences of being caughtJennifer was beginning to picture the marriage in a new, realistic lightI had pictured homelessness as old men huddled together by fires under bridgesto picture [o.s.]to picture o.s. [as] sthpicture yourself as a fatherI never pictured myself as a married manto picture o.s. [doing] sth
picture yourself lying on the beachimagínate que estás tumbado en la playa
she had pictured herself working with animalsin her mind's eye she had pictured herself spreading out a splendid repast
his wife, pictured with him abovesu mujer, que figura con él en la foto de arriba;the documentary pictured the police as good-natured foolsel documental pintaba a la policía como si fueran un hatajo de tontos con buen corazón;el documental representaba a la policía como un hatajo de tontos con buen corazón
the rattan chair pictured here costs £125/he is pictured on all the front pages/, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloftrugs like the one pictured cost many hundreds of poundsa Zulu woman pictured on a British colonial postcard from South AfricaElvis's famous gold lame suit, which is pictured on the cover of the albuma woman who claimed she had been pictured dancing with a celebrity in Stringfellows nightclub
modifier
picture book (n)libro (m) ilustrado
he will enjoy looking at picture books even after he can read quite wellshe is a writer of childrens' picture books
picture frame (n)marco (m)
he straightened a picture frame on the wall beside the windowI restore picture frames for a living
picture gallery (n)(shop)galería (f) de arte;(museum)museo (m) de pintura;pinacoteca (f);(in stately home)galería (f) de cuadros
we went round the state apartments and picture gallery at Buckingham Palacethe marble staircase leads up to a magnificent first-floor picture gallery
picture hat (n)pamela (f)
Princess Margaret wore a turquoise print dress and a picture hat with chiffon bowsthe picture hat obscured most of her face
picture house (n)cine (m)
by the turn of the century these slot machines had been replaced by small picture houses that offered visitors a thirty-minute package of projected spectaclehe had memories of going to see the Hollywood greats at his local picture house
picture message (n)mensaje (m) con foto
picture messaging (n)(envío (m) de) mensajes (m) con foto
picture palace (n)cine (m)
A LOCAL picture palace in Inverness will be the unlikely setting for the world premiere of a Hollywood movie next Saturday
picture phone (n)teléfono (m) con cámara
picture postcard (n)(tarjeta (f)) postal (f)
one of those seaside picture postcards with a standard joke cartoon
picture rail (n)moldura para colgar cuadros
there were old-fashioned picture rails round the walls a couple of feet below the moulded metal ceilingthe lounge boasts original Victorian fireplace, picture rails, cornices and doors with brass handles
picture tube (n)(TV)tubo (m) de imagen
the diagram is displayed on a cathode ray tube, which resembles a TV picture tubea wide variety of high-technology products have been made here, including office copiers and /picture tubes for color televisions/
picture window (n)ventanal (m)
patients eat in the large lounge with picture windows showing San Francisco Baya large picture window framed a spectacular view of the city
