litrato

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish retrato, borrowed from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧tra‧to
  • IPA(key): /liˈtɾato/

Noun

litrato

  1. photograph
  2. portrait

Verb

litrato

  1. to take a photograph
  2. to have one's photograph's taken

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:litrato.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish retrato, with change of /ɾ/ to /l/. Compare labintador and litratista.

Pronunciation

Noun

litrato (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

  1. (common) Alternative form of retrato: photograph; picture
    • 2015, Marshall E Gass, Maririlag na mga Hagod ng Brotsa, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
      'Malamang ay sariling litrato niya iyan. Ganoon nga siguro. Maaaring daladala niya ito at iniregalo kay Melissa!' 'Ganoon nga siguro!' Pagsangayon ko ulit. 'Wow , tingnan mo ang mga malalaking matang iyan.
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    • 2000, Norman Wilwayco, Responde:
      Binigyan niya ako ng litrato niya. Nakaupo siya sa tsubibo. Kuha noong birthday niya. May hawak siyang malaking regalo. Nakangiti siya sa kamera.
      S/he gave me an image of her. S/he was sitting on a carousel. Shot on her birthday. S/he is holding his/her big gift. S/he smiled to the camera.
    • 1991, National Mid-week:
      Sa litrato niya ngayon, mukhang seksi na siya uli at bumata ang itsura. Hindi na siya mukhang maybahay na walang kumpiyansa sa sarili. Nagpaputol pa ng buhok. Mukha ring maliksi kumilos at alam na alam magbadyet ng oras. Nang nasa ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1998, Violetta Lorenzana, Lonely Planet Pilipino Phrasebook, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 81:
      Puwede hô ba kaming kumuha ng litrato? Pápadalán ko hô kayó nitóng litrato.
      Can we take a picture? I will send you this picture.
    • year unknown, Pang-aabuso sa mga Dayuhang Asyanong Domestic Workers sa Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch, page 134
      Walang kumuha ng litrato. Sanhi ng bugbog ang mga peklat, pamumula sa aking mga pulso at likod.”326 Isang opisyal ng embahada ang nagpamalas ng walang awa at pabayang aktitud sa mga kaso ng sexual abuse, at nagsabing, “Hindi ...
    • 2009, Simulain: dulambayan ng manggagawa sa konteksto ng militanteng kilusang unyonismo (1980-1994), UP Press, →ISBN:
      Larawan 15. TALIM sa UP. Wala si Opaon, siya ang kumuha ng litrato. Pansinin ang uniporme ng grupo. (Kagandahang-loob ni Belen Cantonjos ang larawan.)
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    • 2017, Dr. Jaerock Lee, Espiritu, Kaluluwa, at Katawan I : Spirit, Soul and Body Ⅰ (Tagalog Edition): Ang Kwento ng Mahiwagang Pagkilala sa Ating “Sarili”, UrimBooks, →ISBN:
      May mga babaing kumuha ng litrato sa harapan ng rebulto nang walang problema, pero nahiya ang iba. Umiwas sila sa lugar na iyon na parang nakakita sila ng isang bagay na hindi nila dapat makita.
      There are girls who took an image infront of the statue without a problem, but others were shameful. They avoided that place like they have seen something that they were not supposed to see.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “litrato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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