visualize

imaginarse

USAGE NOTE

This word may also be spelled "visualise."

visualize(vih-zhwuhl-ayz)

transitive verb

1. (to picture)

a. imaginarse

I tried to visualize the scene.

Intenté imaginarme la escena.

b. imaginar

I can't visualize Andrew working as a nurse.

No puedo imaginar a Andrew trabajando de enfermero.

c. visualizar

The psychologist asked me to visualize a situation in which I felt very happy.

El psicólogo me pidió que visualizara una situación en la que me sentía muy contento.

2. (to recall)

a. recordar

Sophie could no loger visualize her grandfather's face.

Sophie ya no recordaba la cara de su abuelo.

3. (to predict)

a. prever

I don't visualize this happening, but you never know.

No preveo que esto ocurra, pero nunca se sabe.

4.

(technical)

(to make visible)

a. visualizar

It's an imaging technique that allows us to visualize the brain in great detail.

Es una técnica de reproducción de imágenes que nos permite visualizar el cerebro con gran detalle.

visualize

transitive verb

1. (imagine)

a. visualizar

2. (foresee)

a. prever

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visualize [ˈvɪzjʊəlaɪz]

transitive verb

1 (imagine) imaginarse

he tried to visualize the scene intentó imaginarse la escena; he could not visualize her as old no podía hacerse una idea de ella or no podía imaginársela de mayor; she visualized him working at his desk se lo imaginó trabajando en su mesa; try to visualize yourself sitting calmly on a plane imagínate que vas tranquilamente sentado en un avión

2 (call to mind) [+person, sb's face] recordar

I tried to visualize her face

he found it difficult to visualize her now ahora le resultaba difícil recordarla

3 (foresee) prever

we do not visualize any great change no prevemos ningún cambio de importancia; that is not how we visualized it eso no corresponde a lo que nosotros preveíamos