"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
(5) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) unfairly, wrongly, correctly
Kolokacji: 3
  • The critics falsely portray the issue as one of abortion.
  • The ballet was denounced as a "fraud," falsely portraying the reality of the time.
  • If they falsely portrayed the company, they might be liable.
  • Lockyer said the company falsely portrayed the nature of the loans, advertising "cash, cold, green, in your hand, out the door."
  • Communists for Kerry was falsely portrayed as a serious pro-Kerry group several times in the mass media.
  • "The Catholic church has been falsely portrayed as a large corporation with 'deep pockets,' " the bishops' letter says.
  • They try to sell consumers a service contract for between $2,000 and $3,000, which they falsely portray as an extension of the vehicle's original warranty.
  • Ginjo's ever-scheming widow falsely portrayed her fallen husband as a martyr.
  • It did us serious damage and it falsely portrayed us as supporters of the Albanians.
  • Prosecutors say that several noncompete payments were falsely portrayed to the company's independent directors as having been requested by the buyers of the newspapers.
2. incorrectly portrayed = niepoprawnie przedstawić incorrectly portrayed
3. properly portray = odpowiednio przedstaw properly portray
(10) clearly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) famously, brilliantly
Kolokacji: 2

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