esculpir

v.

to sculpt, to carve.

El escultor labra la madera The sculptor carves the wood.

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esculpir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to sculpt, sculpture; (madera) to carve; (metal) to engrave

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verb

1) to sculpt

2) carve

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VT [+ estatua, piedra] to sculpt; [+ madera] to carve; [+ inscripción] to cut

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1.

verbo transitivo <estatua/busto> to sculpt, sculpture; <inscripción> to engrave, carve

2.

esculpir vi to sculpt, sculpture

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= carve, sculpt, carve out.

Ex. What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.

Ex. People write, speak, compose, paint, sculpt, and in many other ways attempt to communicate their knowledge to others.

Ex. In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.

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1.

verbo transitivo <estatua/busto> to sculpt, sculpture; <inscripción> to engrave, carve

2.

esculpir vi to sculpt, sculpture

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= carve, sculpt, carve out.

Ex: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.

Ex: People write, speak, compose, paint, sculpt, and in many other ways attempt to communicate their knowledge to others.

Ex: In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.

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esculpir [I1 ]

vt

‹estatua/busto› to sculpt, sculpture; ‹inscripción› to engrave, carve

un busto esculpido en mármol a bust sculpted in marble

■ esculpir

vi

to sculpt, sculpture

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esculpir (conjugate esculpir) verbo transitivo ‹estatua/busto› to sculpt, sculpture;
‹inscripción› to engrave, carve
verbo intransitivo
to sculpt, sculpture
esculpir verbo transitivo to sculpt: está esculpiendo el nombre en la losa, she's sculpting the name into the tombstone
(madera) to carve
(metal) to engrave
'esculpir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tallar
English:
carve
- sculpt
- sculpture

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esculpir vt

[estatua] to sculpt, to carve; [inscripción] to carve;

una estatua esculpida en granito a statue carved out of o sculpted in granite

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esculpir

v/t sculpt

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esculpir vt

1) : to sculpt

2) : to carve, to engrave

esculpir vi

: to sculpt

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esculpir vb

1. (en general) to sculpt

2. (madera) to carve