retratar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.tɾəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.tɾaˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retratí, past participle retratat)

1. to portray

• retrat

• “retratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From retrato (“portrait”) +‎ -ar.

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retratei, past participle retratado)

1. (transitive) to portray, to paint, to depict

   Gosto de retratar a natureza morta. ― I like to paint still lifes.

2. (transitive, by extension) to describe
3. (photography, transitive) to photograph
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to sit for one's portrait

From earlier retractar, borrowed from Late Latin retractāre.

• retractar (pre-1990 spelling)

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retratei, past participle retratado)

1. (transitive) to retract, take back
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to recant (withdraw or repudiate a statement)

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin retractāre. Doublet of retractar.

• IPA^(key): /retɾaˈtaɾ/ [re.t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧tra‧tar

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retraté, past participle retratado)

1. to portray
2. to photograph
3. to paint a portrait

• “retratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014