portray (redirected from portrays)

por·tray  (pôr-tr, pr-)

tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays

1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.

2. To depict or describe in words.

3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. See Synonyms at represent.

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[Middle English portraien, from Old French portraire : por-, forth (from Latin pr-, forth; see pro-¹) + traire, to draw (from Latin trahere, to drag).]

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por·traya·ble adj.

por·trayer n.

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portray

Verb

to describe or represent (someone) by artistic means, such as in writing or on film [Old French portraire to depict]

portrayal n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	portray - portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
	2.	portray - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" limn, depict artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
	3.	portray - assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" impersonate performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance act, play, represent - play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
	4.	portray - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" present artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" commend - present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"

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portray

verb 1. play, take the role of, act the part of, represent, personate (rare)

verb 2. describe, present, depict, evoke, delineate, put in words

3. represent, draw, paint, illustrate, sketch, figure, picture, render, depict, delineate

verb 4. characterize, describe, represent, depict, paint a mental picture of

Translations

portray [pɔːˈtreɪ] vt → retratar;

(in writing) → representar

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portray [pɔːˈtreɪ] vt → faire le portrait de;

(in writing) → dépeindre, représenter;

(subj) [actor] → jouer

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portray [pɔːˈtreɪ] vt → darstellen

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portray [pɔːˈtreɪ] vt → fare il ritratto di [+ character on stage]; rappresentare;

(in writing) → ritrarre

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portray

v portray [poːˈtrei]

1 to make a portrait of In this painting, the king is portrayed sitting on his throne. uitbeeld يُصَوِّر، يَرْسُم изобразявам portrétovat afbilde porträtieren απεικονίζω, παριστάνω retratar, hacer un retrato; pintar, describir portreteerima تصویر کردن kuvata faire le portrait de לְשַׂרטֵט דְיוֹקָן अभिनय करना prikazivati lefest vkit melukiskan gera/mála portrett ritrarre, dipingere 肖像を描く ...의 초상을 그리다 (pa)vaizduoti attēlot memotret afbeelden avbilde; framstille przedstawiać retratar a face un portret рисовать, писать портрет portrétovať portretirati naslikati portret porträttera วาดภาพเหมือน resmini çizmek, portresini yapmak 描繪(肖像等) малювати портрет; зображати عکاسي کرنا، خاکہ نگاري کرنا vẽ chân dung 描绘（肖像等）

2 to act the part of the actor who portrays Hamlet. speel يُمَثِّل دَورا изигравам zpodobnit, hrát spille die Darstellung υποδύομαι representar, interpretar el papel de kehastama نقش کسی را بازی کردن näytellä jouer לְהַצִיג דְמוּת चित्रित करना opisivati alakít memerankan leika rappresentare 演じる 연기하다 vaidinti atveidot; tēlot melakonkan watak spelen spille, framstille grać desempenhar o papel a juca (în) играть, изображать hrať igrati (koga) igrati spela rollen som, skildra แสดง canlandırmak 扮演 зображати на сцені اداکاري کرنا đóng vai 扮演

n portrayal [poːˈtreiəl]

the act of portraying. skildering تَصْوير، رَسْم изобразяване zpodobení, portrét afbildning; fremstilling das Porträtieren απεικόνιση, περιγραφή representación, retrato portreteerimine تصویر سازی؛ ایفای نقش esittäminen représentation, portrait צִיוּר, תֵּיאוּר, גִילוּם תַּפקִיד चित्रण, चित्रांकन, वर्णन, चित्र, अभिनय prikaz,opisivanje ábrázolás pelukisan lÿsing í máli/myndum rappresentazione; il ritrarre 描写 묘사, 기술(記述) (pa)vaizdavimas attēlošana; []tēlojums lukisan afbeelding, vertolking framstilling, skildring portretowanie, przedstawianie representação portretizare, portret изображение stvárnenie, portrét portretiranje slikanje portreta porträttering การวาดภาพคน canlandırma 描繪，描寫 малювання портрета عکاسي، تصوير کشي sự vẽ chân dung 描绘，描写