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paint / pintura
paint
A. -noun
1. (=substance) pintura (f)
a. a [coat] of paint = una mano de pintura
b. the paint was [flaking off] the walls = la pintura de las paredes se estaba descascarillando
c. "[wet] paint" = "(ojo,) reciénoun pintado"
2. paints pinturas feminine plural
·a box of paints
·una caja de pinturas
B. -transitive verb
1. (Art)
[+picture, subject] pintar
[+slogan, message] escribir con pintura
2. (=apply paint to)
[+wall, fence, etcetera] pintar
·to paint something [blue]
·pintar algo de azul
a. to paint the town red irse de juerga or parranda *
3. (=make up)
[+nails, lips] pintarse
·she painted her fingernails red
·se pintó las uñas rojas or de rojo
a. to paint one'noun [face] = pintarse, maquillarse
4. (figurative)
(=portray) describir, pintar
a. to paint a grim/gloomy/bleak [picture] of something = describir algo en términos sombríos/deprimentes/desalentadores, pintar algo muy negro
·pro-democracy activists paint quite a different picture of the situation
·los activistas en pro de la democracia describen la situaciónoun en términos muy diferentes
·to paint a [rosy] picture of something
·pintar algo de color de rosa
·to paint a [vivid] picture of something
·describir algo gráficamente
5. to paint something [on]
[+varnish, dye] aplicar algo
·paint the solution on with a clean brush
·aplicar la soluciónoun con un pincel limpio
6. (medicine)
a. treatment involves painting the sores [with] iodine solution = el tratamiento requiere aplicar una soluciónoun de yodo en las heridas
C. -intransitive verb pintar
a. to paint [in] oils = pintar al óleo
·to paint in watercolours
·pintar con acuarelas
D. -compound
·paint remover -noun quitapintura (f)
·paint roller -noun rodillo (m) (pintor)
·paint scraper -noun raspador (m) de paredes
·paint spray -noun pistola (f) (rociadora) de pintura
·paint stripper -noun
(=substance) quitapintura (f)
(=tool) raspador (m) de paredes
·paint thinner -noun disolvente (m)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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