dibujar

v.

to draw, to sketch.

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dibujar

► verbo transitivo

1 to draw, sketch

2 TÉCNICA to design

3 figurado (describir) to describe

► verbo pronominal dibujarse

1 (mostrarse) to appear, be outlined

■ a lo lejos se dibuja la silueta del castillo there is the outline of a castle in the distance

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verb

1) to draw

2) portray

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1. VT

1) (Arte) to draw, sketch

2) (Téc) to design

3) (=describir) to sketch, describe

2.

See:

dibujarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Art) to draw, sketch; <plano> to draw

dibujar a mano alzada — to draw freehand

b) (describir)

nos dibujó un cuadro pesimista del futuro — he painted a gloomy picture of the future

los personajes están muy bien dibujados — the characters are very well drawn o portrayed

2.

dibujar vi to draw

3.

dibujarse v pron

a) (liter) (perfilarse) forma/contorno to be outlined

b) (liter) (mostrarse) sonrisa to appear

con la tristeza dibujada en el rostro — with a look of sadness on her (or his etc) face

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= trace, plot, pattern, chart, draw.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drew, participio drawn.

Ex. Cleo Passantino produced a long sheet of graph paper with a sawtooth squiggle traced down the center of it.

Ex. The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.

Ex. Soon he found himself fronting a door, on which were elaborately patterned the words 'Newspaper Room'.

Ex. This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.

Ex. At every instant the darkness of the line being drawn is made equal to the darkness of the point on the picture being observed by the photocell.

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* dibujar deprisa = dash off.

* dibujarse = shadow.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Art) to draw, sketch; <plano> to draw

dibujar a mano alzada — to draw freehand

b) (describir)

nos dibujó un cuadro pesimista del futuro — he painted a gloomy picture of the future

los personajes están muy bien dibujados — the characters are very well drawn o portrayed

2.

dibujar vi to draw

3.

dibujarse v pron

a) (liter) (perfilarse) forma/contorno to be outlined

b) (liter) (mostrarse) sonrisa to appear

con la tristeza dibujada en el rostro — with a look of sadness on her (or his etc) face

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= trace, plot, pattern, chart, draw.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drew, participio drawn.

Ex: Cleo Passantino produced a long sheet of graph paper with a sawtooth squiggle traced down the center of it.

Ex: The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.

Ex: Soon he found himself fronting a door, on which were elaborately patterned the words 'Newspaper Room'.

Ex: This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.

Ex: At every instant the darkness of the line being drawn is made equal to the darkness of the point on the picture being observed by the photocell.

* dibujar deprisa = dash off.

* dibujarse = shadow.

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dibujar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Art) to draw, sketch; ‹plano› to draw

dibujar a mano alzada to draw freehand

2

(describir): nos dibujó un cuadro pesimista del futuro he painted a gloomy picture of the future

los personajes están muy bien dibujados the characters are very well drawn o portrayed

■ dibujar

vi

to draw

■ dibujarse

v pron

1 (liter) (perfilarse) «forma/contorno» to be outlined

2 (liter)

(mostrarse): una sonrisa se dibujó en sus labios a smile appeared on o (liter) played around her lips

tiene el dolor dibujado en la cara the pain shows in o is etched on his face

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dibujar (conjugate dibujar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to draw;

◊ dibujar a mano alzada to draw freehand

dibujar verbo transitivo to draw: dibújame un boceto de tu casa de campo, sketch your country house for me

'dibujar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pintar
- plantilla
- saber
- circunferencia
- garabatear
- pulso
English:
draw
- graph
- outline
- picture
- sketch
- stencil

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dibujar

♦ vt

1. [trazar a lápiz, bolígrafo] to draw

2. [describir]

dibujó un oscuro panorama para la economía she painted a bleak future for the economy;

la novela dibuja el Londres victoriano the novel portrays Victorian London

♦ vi

to draw

♦ See also the pronominal verb dibujarse

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dibujar

v/t draw; fig

describe

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dibujar vt

1) : to draw, to sketch

2) : to portray, to depict

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dibujar vb to draw [pt. drew; pp. drawn]