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1. (v.t.) portray
to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, etc.; depict.
2. portray
to depict in words; describe graphically.
3. portray
to represent dramatically, as on the stage:
the actor who portrayed Napoleon.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF portraire < LL prōtrahere to depict, L: to draw forth)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) portray
portray in words
"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
2. (verb) portray, depict, limn
make a portrait of
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
3. (verb) impersonate, portray
assume or act the character of
"She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
4. (verb) portray, present
represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
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1. (verb) portray
to describe or show in a particular way
The press unfairly portrayed her as a self-obsessed woman.
2. portray
to act a particular role in a movie, play, etc.
In his latest movie he portrays another action hero.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) portray
to paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback
2. (verb) portray
hence, figuratively, to describe in words
3. (verb) portray
to adorn with pictures
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Sense: to make a portrait of
In this painting, the king is portrayed sitting on his throne.
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 Afrikaans: uitbeeld |
 Arabic: يُصَوِّر، يَرْسُم |
 Bulgarian: изобразявам |
 Brazilian: retratar |
 Czech: portrétovat |
 German: porträtieren |
 Danish: afbilde |
 Greek: απεικονίζω, παριστάνω |
 Spanish: retratar, hacer un retrat |
 Estonian: portreteerima |
 Farsi: تصویر کردن |
 Finnish: kuvata |
 French: faire le portrait de |
 Hebrew: לְשַׂרטֵט דְיוֹקָן |
 Hindi: अभिनय करना |
 Croatian: prikazivati |
 Hungarian: lefest vkit |
 Indonesian: melukiskan |
 Icelandic: gera/mála portrett |
 Italian: ritrarre, dipingere |
 Japanese: 肖像を描く |
 Korean: 묘사하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)vaizduoti |
 Latvian: attēlot |
 Malay: memotret |
 Dutch: afbeelden |
 Norwegian: avbilde; framstille |
 Polish: przedstawiać |
 Persian: تصویر کردن |
 Pashto: انځورول |
 Portuguese: retratar |
 Romanian: a face un portret |
 Russian: рисовать, писать портрет |
 Slovak: portrétovať |
 Slovenian: portretirati |
 Serbian: naslikati portret |
 Swedish: porträttera |
 Thai: วาดภาพเหมือน |
 Turkish: resminiçizmek, portresini |
 Taiwanese: 描繪(肖像等) |
 Ukrainian: малювати портрет; зобража |
 Urdu: عکاسي کرنا، خاکہ نگاري کر |
 Vietnamese: vẽ chân dung |
 Chinese: 描绘（肖像等） |
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