abbozzare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to sketch
  2. (transitive) to outline
  3. (transitive) to rough-hew (a sculpture)
  4. (colloquial, intransitive) to grin and bear it

Concepts

sketch
outline
draft
delineate
design
adumbrate
chalk out
plan
limn
clone
Synonyms

schizzare
25k
tracciare
C2
tratteggiare
delineare
profilare
sbozzare
trattare
B2
avviare
C2
clonare
34k
impostare
25k
mandare giù
meditare
21k
pianificare
C2
programmare
C2
sgrossare
buttare giù

descrivere a grandi linee

descrivere
C1
disegnare
C1
fare
A1
inghiottire
32k
iniziare
A2
Translations

ébaucher
entwerfen
esquisser
delinear
bosquejar
esquematizar
skizzieren
planear
delinear
alterar
esquisse
délinéer
amorcer
ébauche
umreißen
Hyphenated as
ab‧boz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ab.botˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology

From a- + bozza (“draft, proof”) + -are.

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