pincelada

f.

1 brushstroke.

a grandes pinceladas (figurative) in broad terms

2 outline.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: pincelar.

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pincelada

► nombre femenino

1 brush stroke

■ describió la situación con apenas dos pinceladas she briefly described the situation

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar las últimas pinceladas a algo to put the finishing touches to something

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SF brushstroke

última pincelada — (fig) finishing touch

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femenino brushstroke

le di las últimas pinceladas — I added the final touches

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= touch, brush stroke [brushstroke].

Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex. The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis' -- one brush stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity.

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* una pincelada de = a splash of, a hint of.

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femenino brushstroke

le di las últimas pinceladas — I added the final touches

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= touch, brush stroke [brushstroke].

Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex: The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis' -- one brush stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity.

* una pincelada de = a splash of, a hint of.

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pincelada

feminine

brushstroke

le di las últimas pinceladas I added the final touches

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pincelada sustantivo femenino
brushstroke
pincelada sustantivo femenino
1 brushstroke
2 figurado caracteriza perfectamente al personaje con un par de pinceladas, he can really capture the essence of someone's character with just a few strokes of the brush
♦ Locuciones: dar las últimas pinceladas: le estoy dando las útlimas pinceladas al proyecto, I'm just putting the finishing touches to the project
'pincelada' also found in these entries:
English:
stroke

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pincelada nf

1. [con el pincel] brushstroke;

Comp

a grandes pinceladas in broad terms;

Comp

dar la última pincelada a algo to put the finishing touches to sth

2. [toque, detalle] touch;

el autor describe con unas pocas pinceladas el ambiente de la época the author conveys the atmosphere of the period in a few short sentences

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pincelada

f

:

dar la(s) última(s) pincelada(s) a fig put the finishing touches to

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pincelada nf

1) : brushstroke

2)

últimas pinceladas : final touches