retrato

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

retrato

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

retrato

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

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

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

• Hyphenation: re‧tra‧to

retrato

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

retrato

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:retrato.

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

Borrowed from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus, past participle of retractō (“to undertake again; to withdraw”), from re- +‎ tracto.

retrato m (plural retratos)

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

Learned borrowing from Latin retractus, past participle of retractō (“to undertake again; to withdraw”), from re- +‎ tracto.

• retracto (pre-1990 spelling)

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

1. retracted (withdrawn back and in)

retrato m (plural retratos)

1. retract (an act of retracting or withdrawing)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar (“to portray”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar (“to retract”)

• “retrato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “retrato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “retrato”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “retrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “retrato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

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

Borrowed from Italian ritratto.

retrato m (plural retratos)

1. portrait
2. portraiture
3. portrayal

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

retrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of retratar

• “retrato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• litrato — common
• ritrato — rare

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

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

retrato (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. photograph; picture

   Synonyms: larawan, imahen, potograpiya

• retratista

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