Translation of picture – English–Spanish dictionary

picture

noun

/ˈpɪk.tʃər/ us

/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/

IMAGE

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A1 [ C ]

a drawing, painting, photograph, etc.

cuadro, imagen

Freddy drew/painted a picture of my dog. Freddy dibujó mi perro., Freddy pintó mi perro.

We took a picture of (= photographed) the children on their new bicycles.

I hate having my picture taken (= being photographed).

Synonyms

illustration (PICTURE)

image (PICTURE)

B2 [ C ]

an image seen on a television or cinema screen

imagen

We can't get a clear picture. No conseguimos una buena imagen.

B1 [ C ]

a film

película

Could this be the first animated movie to win a best picture award? ¿Podría ser esta la primera película de animación que gana un Óscar a la mejor película?

the pictures [ plural ] old-fashioned

the cinema

el cine

Let's go to the pictures tonight. Vamos al cine hoy por la noche.

B2 [ C ]

something you produce in your mind, by using your imagination or memory

imagen

I have a very vivid picture of the first time I met Erik. Tengo una imagen muy vívida de la primera vez que conocí a Erik.

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She cut out his picture from the magazine.
There was a picture of the Trevi fountain on the front of the book.
Take a look at this picture and see if you recognize anyone.
This TV gives a very sharp picture.
All these pictures were painted by local artists.

IDEA

B2 [ S ]

(an idea of) a situation

imagen

After watching the news, I had a clearer picture of what was happening. Después de ver las noticias, tuve una idea más clara de lo que estaba ocurriendo.

The picture emerging in reports from the battlefield is one of complete confusion. La impresión que se desprende de los informes del campo de batalla es de completa confusión.

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This report gives a global picture of the company's finances.
He painted a rosy picture of family life.
She paints a gloomy picture of the future.
I suspect she gave a true picture of what had happened.
There are, however, one or two items of good news to brighten the economic picture a bit.

Idioms

be a picture
keep someone in the picture
put someone in the picture

picture

verb [ T ]

/ˈpɪk.tʃər/ us

/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/

to imagine something

imaginar, imaginarse

Picture the scene - the crowds of people and animals, the noise, the dirt. Imagina la escena: la multitud de personas y animales, el ruido, la suciedad.

[ + -ing verb ] Try to picture yourself lying on a beach in the hot sun.

[ + question word ] Picture to yourself how terrible that day must have been.

formal He was pictured (= an artist had painted him) as a soldier in full uniform. Lo retrataron como un soldado con uniforme completo.

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I pictured myself relaxing by the pool.
Can you picture yourselves living in the country?
He smiled to himself as he pictured the scene.
If you could try to picture how difficult life was in those days, you'll understand more.
I'd pictured him as much older.

(Translation of picture from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of picture | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

picture

noun

/ˈpɪktʃər/

[ countable ]

a still image taken with a camera

fotografía [ feminine, singular ] foto [ feminine, singular ]

photographers taking pictures fotógrafos haciendo fotos

a picture of his family una foto de su familia

Synonym

photograph

[ countable ]

a drawing or painting

pintura [ feminine, singular ] dibujo [ masculine, singular ] cuadro [ masculine, singular ]

to draw/paint a picture dibujar/pintar un cuadro

She took all the pictures off the wall. Ella quitó todos los cuadros de la pared.

[ countable ]

an image or the quality of an image on a screen

imagen [ feminine, singular ]

pictures of marching soldiers on the news imágenes de soldados marchando en las noticias

The picture is all fuzzy. La imagen está borrosa.

[ countable ]

an idea or description of what sth is like

imagen [ feminine, singular ]

A picture began to form in my mind of a handsome wealthy man. Una imagen comenzó a formarse en mi mente de un hombre rico y guapo.

The article paints a vivid picture of this beautiful place. El artículo pinta una imagen vívida de este hermoso lugar.

[ singular ]

a situation

situación [ feminine, singular ]

The picture is changing for small farmers. La situación está cambiando para los pequeños agricultores.

get the picture

to understand a situation

hacerse la idea comprender

I’ve explained it enough – I think you get the picture. Ya lo he explicado bastante – creo que te haces una idea.

in the picture/out of the picture

involved/not involved in a situation, sb’s life, etc.

dentro/fuera del panorama

His girlfriend’s not in the picture anymore. Su novia ya está fuera del panorama.

Examples of picture

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In some triplets, number was held constant across all three pictures when gender was targeted and gender was held constant when number was targeted.

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In both cases, a naive essentialism causes partial truths to eclipse the larger picture.

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It was also necessary to ensure that for each picture there were sufficient words selected to describe the events.

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Indeed, representations in the brain are not thought by visual neuroscientists to be point-by-point picture-like representations.

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Therefore, it is possible that homonyms would be responded to more accurately than novel words in a task emphasizing lexical representations, such as picture naming.

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Placing and orientation of the camera for taking the pictures followed the same method as described for 38-mm photographs.

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The theoretical implication is that to ignore political culture in measuring and analysing state/society interaction could give a misleading picture.

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The network contains one kind of picture which describes sample paths characteristics.

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Translations of picture

in Chinese (Traditional)

圖像, 畫，圖畫, 照片…

Translation of picture – English–Spanish dictionary

picture

IMAGE

IDEA

Idioms

picture

Translation of picture | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

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