pintar
/pinˈtaɾ/ verb A2- to paint (to apply paint to)
- to paint (to create an image with paints)
- to draw (to depict with lines)
- to depict, portray (as something) · Ellas me pintaron como el malo. They painted me as the villain.
- to look, to seem · La cosa no pinta bien. Things aren't looking good.
- to have to do somewhere · Yo aquí no pinto nada. I don't fit in here at all.
- to make up one's face
- to put lipstick on oneself
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- pintar
- Gerund
- pintando
- Past participle
- pintado
- Present (yo)
- pinto
- Preterite (yo)
- pinté
From the library
y en su tonel, pintado
nadie ha pintado tu color; tú vives,
que os pintaron, con lebreles
Y da brincos y vueltas de carnero, y salta en el colchón con los brazos levantados, para ver si alcanza a la mariposa azul que está pintada en el techo.
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