retrato

Meaning

retratar

  1. (transitive) to portray, to paint, to depict
  2. (broadly, transitive) to describe
  3. (transitive) to photograph
  4. (pronominal) to sit for one's portrait

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁeˈtɾa.tu/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus, past participle of retractō (“to undertake again; to withdraw”), from re- + tracto.

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