retrato

See also: retrató

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish retrato, borrowed from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus.

Noun

retrato

1. a photograph; a picture made using a camera
2. a portrait

Verb

retrato

1. to take a photograph
2. to have one's photograph's taken

Catalan

Verb

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish retrato, borrowed from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧tra‧to

Noun

retrato

1. a photograph; a picture made using a camera
2. a portrait

Verb

retrato

1. to take a photograph
2. to have one's photograph's taken

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:retrato.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾa.tu/ [heˈtɾa.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾa.tu/ [heˈtɾa.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾa.tu/ [χeˈtɾa.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾa.to/ [heˈtɾa.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɾa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: re‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

retrato

Borrowed from Italian ritratto.

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

1. portrait
2. depiction (lifelike image of something)

Derived terms

• autorretrato
• retratar

Etymology 2

Verb

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Etymology 3

From Latin retractus.

Alternative forms

• retracto (pre-1990 spelling)

Adjective

retrato (feminine retrata, masculine plural retratos, feminine plural retratas)

1. retracted (withdrawn back and in)

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

1. retract (an act of retracting or withdrawing)

Etymology 4

Verb

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɾato/ [reˈt̪ɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: re‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian ritratto.

Noun

retrato m (plural retratos)

1. portrait
2. portraiture
3. portrayal

Derived terms

• autorretrato
• retratista
• retrato hablado
• retrato robot
• vivo retrato (“spitting image”)

 

Related terms

• retraer
• retratar

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: litrato
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: ditraato
• → Tagalog: retrato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

Further reading

• “retrato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• litrato — common
• ritrato — rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish retrato (“portrait”), from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾetˈɾato/ [ɾɛt̪ˈɾaː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ret‧ra‧to

Noun

retrato (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. photograph; picture

   Synonyms: larawan, imahen, potograpiya

Derived terms

• magparetrato
• magretratuhan
• paretratuhan
• retratuhan
• retratuhin
• tagapagretrato

 

Related terms

• retratista

Further reading

• “retrato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018