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"sense": "to paint or draw the likeness of",
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"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"
}
],
"word": "portray"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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