- desfigurar
- v.to disfigure (rostro, cuerpo).El calor deformó el plástico The heat deformed the plastic.* * *desfigurar► verbo transitivo1 (cara) to disfigure2 (estatua etc) to deface3 figurado (realidad, hechos, etc) to distort► verbo pronominal desfigurarse1 (descomponerse) to become distorted* * *VT1) (=transformar) [+ cara] to disfigure; [+ cuerpo] to deform; [+ cuadro, monumento] to deface; [+ voz, sonido] to distort, disguise; [+ sentido] to twist; [+ suceso] to misrepresent
una cicatriz le desfigura la cara — his face is disfigured by a scar
la niebla lo desfigura todo — the fog makes everything look strange
2) (Fot) to blur* * *verbo transitivo1) <persona> to disfigurelas quemaduras le desfiguraron el rostro — the burns disfigured his face
la sombra le desfiguraba las facciones — the shadow distorted her features
2) <hechos> to distort, twist; <realidad> to distort* * *= misrepresent, deface, disfigure.Ex. When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.* * *verbo transitivo1) <persona> to disfigurelas quemaduras le desfiguraron el rostro — the burns disfigured his face
la sombra le desfiguraba las facciones — the shadow distorted her features
2) <hechos> to distort, twist; <realidad> to distort* * *= misrepresent, deface, disfigure.Ex: When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.
Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.* * *desfigurar [A1 ]vtA ‹persona› to disfigurelas quemaduras le desfiguraron el rostro the burns disfigured himese maquillaje la desfigura she looks hideous with that makeup onla sombra le desfiguraba las facciones the shadow distorted her featureslos hoteles han desfigurado la costa the hotels have disfigured o completely ruined the coastlineB ‹hechos› to distort, twist; ‹realidad› to distort■ desfigurarsev pron(refl):se le desfiguró la cara en el accidente his face was disfigured in the accident* * *
desfigurar (conjugate desfigurar) verbo transitivo
1 [quemaduras/cicatriz] ‹persona› to disfigure
2 ‹hechos› to distort, twist;
‹realidad› to distort
desfigurar verbo transitivo
1 (deformar físicamente) to disfigure
2 (alterar, distorsionar) to distort: el espejo desfiguraba sus facciones, the mirror distorted her features
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English:
deface
- disfigure
* * *desfigurar♦ vt1. [aspecto físico] to disfigure;el accidente le desfiguró la cara his face was disfigured in the accident;el espeso humo desfiguraba las siluetas de los bomberos the thick smoke blurred the outline of the firemen's figures;los chalets adosados han desfigurado el viejo pueblo the semi-detached houses have ruined the look of the old town2. [realidad, verdad] to distort♦ See also the pronominal verb desfigurarse* * *desfigurarv/t disfigure* * *desfigurar vt1) : to disfigure, to mar2) : to distort, to misrepresent
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.