trazar

v.

1 to draw, to trace.

2 to draw up (plan, estrategia).

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trazar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (línea, plano, dibujo) to draw, draw up

2 (parque) to lay out; (edificio) to design

3 (itinerario) to trace

4 figurado (plan etc) to outline, draft

► verbo intransitivo

1 figurado (describir) to sketch

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FRASEOLOGÍA

trazar una semblanza de alguien figurado to describe somebody, depict somebody

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verb

1) to trace

2) plan, design

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VT

1) (=dibujar) [+ línea] to draw, trace; (Arte) to sketch, outline; (Arquit, Téc) to plan, design

2) [+ fronteras, límites] to mark out; [+ itinerario] to plot; [+ desarrollo, política] to lay down, mark out

3) (=explicar) to outline, describe

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <línea> to trace, draw; <plano> to draw <ruta> to plot

trazar el contorno de algo — to outline something

b) (Arquit) <puente/edificio> to design

2)

a) <plan/proyecto/estrategia> to draw up, devise

b) (describir) to draw

trazar un paralelo entre los dos casos — to draw a parallel between the two cases

trazó una semblanza de la vida y obra del artista — he drew o sketched a picture of the life and work of the artist

2.

trazarse v pron (refl) (frml) <meta> to set oneself

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= trace, plot, 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. 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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* punta de trazar = scribe.

* trazar con tiza = chalk.

* trazar con una gráfica = graph.

* trazar directrices = chart + direction.

* trazar la evolución de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.

* trazar la evolución de Algo = chart + progress, chart + the history.

* trazar la trayectoria = chart + course.

* trazar una curva de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.

* trazar una gráfica de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.

* trazar un círculo alrededor = circle.

* trazar un mapa = map.

* trazar un rumbo = chart + course.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <línea> to trace, draw; <plano> to draw <ruta> to plot

trazar el contorno de algo — to outline something

b) (Arquit) <puente/edificio> to design

2)

a) <plan/proyecto/estrategia> to draw up, devise

b) (describir) to draw

trazar un paralelo entre los dos casos — to draw a parallel between the two cases

trazó una semblanza de la vida y obra del artista — he drew o sketched a picture of the life and work of the artist

2.

trazarse v pron (refl) (frml) <meta> to set oneself

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= trace, plot, 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: 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.

* punta de trazar = scribe.

* trazar con tiza = chalk.

* trazar con una gráfica = graph.

* trazar directrices = chart + direction.

* trazar la evolución de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.

* trazar la evolución de Algo = chart + progress, chart + the history.

* trazar la trayectoria = chart + course.

* trazar una curva de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.

* trazar una gráfica de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.

* trazar un círculo alrededor = circle.

* trazar un mapa = map.

* trazar un rumbo = chart + course.

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trazar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 ‹línea› to trace, draw; ‹plano› to draw

trazaron la ruta a seguir they traced out o plotted the route to be followed

trazar el contorno de algo to outline sth, to sketch the outline of sth

2 (Arquit) ‹puente/edificio› to design

B

1 ‹plan/proyecto/estrategia› to draw up, devise

2

(describir): trazar un paralelo entre los dos casos to draw a parallel between the two cases

trazó una semblanza de la vida y obra del artista he drew o sketched a picture of the life and work of the artist

■ trazarse

v pron

(refl) (frml); ‹meta› to set oneself

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trazar (conjugate trazar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹línea› to trace, draw;

‹plano› to draw;

◊ trazaron la ruta a seguir they traced out the route to be followed;

trazar el contorno de algo to outline sth

b) (Arquit) ‹puente/edificio› to design

2 ‹plan/proyecto/estrategia› to draw up, devise
trazar verbo transitivo
1 (una línea, un dibujo) to draw
2 (un plan) to draw up
3 (describir a grandes rasgos) to sketch, outline
'trazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bosquejar
English:
chart
- compass
- delineate
- describe
- draw
- lay out
- line
- lineage
- map
- plot
- retrace
- rule
- circle
- outline
- trace

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trazar vt

1. [línea] to draw, to trace;

[plano, mapa] to draw; [ruta] to plot

2. [plan, estrategia] to draw up;

[objetivo] to set

3. [describir]

trazar las líneas generales del proyecto to give an outline of the project;

trazó un dramático panorama de la situación she drew an alarming picture of the situation;

trazar un paralelismo entre dos cosas to draw a parallel between two things

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trazar

v/t

1 (dibujar) draw

2 ruta plot, trace

3 (describir) outline, describe

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trazar {21} vt

1) : to trace

2) : to draw up, to devise

3) : to outline, to sketch

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