"portray" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

portray verbo

portray + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 61
portray a David Bailey • portray people • portray the character • portray a woman • portray the role • ...
verbo + portray
Kolokacji: 8
seek to portray • try to portray • want to portray • used to portray • begin portraying • ...
portray + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
portrayed by • portray in • portray on • portray with • portray to • ...
portray + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 48
accurately portray • frequently portrayed • originally portrayed • generally portrayed • later portray • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(2) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) originally, initially
Kolokacji: 2
3. actually portray = faktycznie przedstaw actually portray
  • It is thought that the sculpture actually portrays Persephone or Demeter, rather than Aphrodite.
  • He was actually a stunt double for the man portraying him.
  • The majority of the photos being reported as 'offensive' on Facebook are actually just portraying the tagged person in an unflattering light, the social network has found.
  • "I don't think they actually portrayed the true account of the issue."
  • If you only got the parts actually portrayed in the movie, though, he's definitely not so hot.
  • Buchanan reappeared on August 27, 2012, but was initially unclear if he was actually portraying Duke.
  • But how many dancers in any company of any size ever actually portray the Swan Queen in any given season?
  • This marks the first time that Lee's "Marvel movie cameos" have amounted to him actually portraying a character he helped create.
  • The portrait often ascribed to Coddington actually portrays this grandson, who was very active in colonial affairs, but never a governor.
  • "I don't think I've ever done a poster for Lincoln Center that actually portrayed a moment in the play," he said, somewhat wistfully.
(5) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) unfairly, wrongly, correctly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) clearly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) famously, brilliantly
Kolokacji: 2

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