retrato

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See also: retrató

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Etymology

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

Noun

retrato

  1. a photograph; a picture made using a camera
  2. a portrait

Verb

retrato

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

Catalan

Verb

retrato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: re‧tra‧to

Noun

retrato

  1. a photograph; a picture made using a camera
  2. a portrait

Verb

retrato

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:retrato.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: re‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

 retrato on Portuguese Wikipedia
retrato

Borrowed from Italian ritratto.

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

  1. portrait
  2. depiction (lifelike image of something)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

retrato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Etymology 3

From Latin retractus.

Alternative forms

Adjective

retrato (feminine retrata, masculine plural retratos, feminine plural retratas)

  1. retracted (withdrawn back and in)

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

  1. retract (an act of retracting or withdrawing)

Etymology 4

Verb

retrato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈtɾato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: re‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian ritratto.

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

  1. portrait
  2. portraiture
  3. portrayal
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: litrato
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: ditraato
  • → Tagalog: retrato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

retrato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish retrato (“portrait”), from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

Noun

retrato (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

  1. photograph; picture
    Synonyms: larawan, imahen, potograpiya

Derived terms

Further reading

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