İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. resmetmek, resmini yapmak.
2. betimlemek, tanımlamak.
3. rolünü oynamak. resmini yapmak, resmetmek; betimlemek, tasvir etmek; (rol) oynamak, canlandirmak. resmini yap. resmini yap. f.
4. rolünü oynamak. portresini yapmak, tanımlamak, tasvir etmek, canlandırmak (rol), oynamak (rol).
5. tanımlama, tarif etme, tanımlamak, betimle/resmet, portrayalresmetme, tarif etmek, tasvir etmek; resmini yapmak, resmetmek.
6. resmini yapmak. resmetmek. betimlemek. tasvir etmek. (rol) oynamak. canlandırmak.
7. tablosunu / resmini yapmak. betimlemek. tasvir etmek. tanımlamak. bir rolü oynamak.
8. resmini yap.

Etymology : Middle English portraien, from Middle French portraire, from Latin protrahere to draw forth, reveal, expose; more at PROTRACT
Pronunciation : pOr-'trA, por-, p&r-
Function : transitive verb
Date : 14th century

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1. describe, depict; paint, draw; personify, act as (in a play or movie). portray\por*tray"\ , v. t. [written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. portraying.] [oe. pourtraien, of. portraire, pourtraire, f. portraire, fr. l. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. see: trace, v. t., and cf. protract.].
2. to paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even jerusalem. iv.
3. 2. hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
4. to adorn with pictures. [r.] spear and helmets thronged, and shields various with boastful arguments potrayed.portray v.
5. portray in words; "the book portrays the actor as a selfish person".
6. make a portrait of: "showing society what it looked like..portraying..its ugliness and its beauties.." [syn: depict, limn].
7. assume or act the character of; "she impersonates madonna" [syn: impersonate].
8. represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "the father is portrayed as a coward in this play" [syn: present].
9. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
10. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
11. To adorn with pictures. portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting".
12. 1. When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film. In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of `Camelot'. the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer.
13. When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. this northern novelist, who accurately portrays provincial domestic life. the landscape as portrayed by painters such as Claude and Poussin. = depict.
14. If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. She says the programme portrayed her as a `lady of easy virtue'. complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.