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Verb [English]

IPA: /pɔːˈtɹeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɔɹˈtɹeɪ/ [Canada, General-American], /poːˈtɹæɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-portray.wav Forms: portrays [present, singular, third-person], portraying [participle, present], portrayed [participle, past], portrayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English portray, from Middle French portraire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|portray}} Middle English portray, {{der|en|frm|portraire}} Middle French portraire Head templates: {{en-verb}} portray (third-person singular simple present portrays, present participle portraying, simple past and past participle portrayed)
  1. To paint or draw the likeness of. Translations (to paint or draw the likeness of): εἰκάζω (eikázō) (Ancient Greek), изобразявам (izobrazjavam) (Bulgarian), рисувам портрет (risuvam portret) (Bulgarian), portretteren (Dutch), portreti (Esperanto), piirtää kuva (jonkun/jonkin) (Finnish), dépeindre (French), représenter (French), portraire (French), retratar (Galician), porträtieren (German), abmalen (German), απεικονίζω (apeikonízo) (Greek), ἐϊκάσδω (eïkásdō) [Aeolic] (Greek), megfest (Hungarian), wótmólowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), maneho an-tsary (Malagasy), mampiseho (Malagasy), portretować (Polish), retratar (Portuguese), изобразить (izobrazitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), portretirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), retratar (Spanish), porträttera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-portray-en-verb-4F9KA05O Disambiguation of 'to paint or draw the likeness of': 94 1 1 2 2
  2. (figuratively) To represent by an image or look. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-portray-en-verb-tBUEPqCO
  3. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively: to describe in words): qələmə almaq (Azerbaijani), описвам (opisvam) (Bulgarian), обрисувам (obrisuvam) (Bulgarian), prezenti (Esperanto), kuvailla (Finnish), décrire (French), porträtieren (German), leír (Hungarian), lefest (Hungarian), 묘사하다 (myosahada) (Korean), portretować (Polish), opisywać (Polish), describir (Spanish), skildra (Swedish), porträttera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-portray-en-verb-NETDMq8A Disambiguation of 'figuratively: to describe in words': 1 5 87 5 2
  4. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event. Categories (topical): Art Translations (to play a role): играя роля (igraja rolja) (Bulgarian), esittää (Finnish), изображать (izobražatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), gestalta (Swedish), porträttera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-portray-en-verb-fGWRO~eR Disambiguation of Art: 4 3 1 82 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 6 84 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 7 9 67 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 6 7 79 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 4 85 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 7 14 56 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 5 5 6 75 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 10 8 65 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 9 10 61 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 6 8 71 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 6 8 68 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 10 10 61 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 6 8 68 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 6 8 67 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 9 15 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 5 11 70 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 6 8 68 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 5 4 6 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 5 5 6 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 8 9 57 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 5 6 75 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 6 8 70 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 5 6 75 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 6 8 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 6 8 69 11 Disambiguation of 'to play a role': 1 2 2 92 2
  5. (obsolete) To adorn. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-portray-en-verb-F2k0Rq9y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pourtray [obsolete] Related terms: portrait, portrayal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "1 2 2 92 2",
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    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
    "Terms with Malagasy translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "To adorn."
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        "(obsolete) To adorn."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izobrazjavam",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "изобразявам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "risuvam portret",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "рисувам портрет"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "portretteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "portreti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "piirtää kuva (jonkun/jonkin)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "dépeindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "représenter"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "portraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "retratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "porträtieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "abmalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeikonízo",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "απεικονίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eïkásdō",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ἐϊκάσδω"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "eikázō",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "εἰκάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "megfest"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "maneho an-tsary"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "mampiseho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "portretować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "retratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobrazitʹ",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изобразить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "portretirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wótmólowaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "retratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
      "word": "porträttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "qələmə almaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opisvam",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "описвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obrisuvam",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "обрисувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "prezenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "kuvailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "décrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "porträtieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "leír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "lefest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myosahada",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "묘사하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "portretować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "opisywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "describir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "skildra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to describe in words",
      "word": "porträttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "igraja rolja",
      "sense": "to play a role",
      "word": "играя роля"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to play a role",
      "word": "esittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobražatʹ",
      "sense": "to play a role",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изображать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to play a role",
      "word": "gestalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to play a role",
      "word": "porträttera"
    }
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}

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