retratar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rə.tɾəˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.tɾaˈtaɾ/

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, past participle retratat)

1. to portray

• retrat

• “retratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• retractar (superseded)

From retrato (“portrait”) +‎ -ar.

retratar (first-person singular present indicative retrato, past participle retratado)

1. (transitive) to portray, to paint, to depict

   Gosto de retratar a natureza morta.

   I like to paint still lifes.

2. (transitive, by extension) to describe
3. (photography, transitive) to photograph
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to sit for one's portrait

From earlier retractar, borrowed from Late Latin retracto, retractare.

retratar (first-person singular present indicative retrato, past participle retratado)

1. (transitive) to retract, to take back
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to recant (to withdraw or repudiate a statement)

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin retracto, retractare. Doublet of retractar.

• IPA^(key): /retɾaˈtaɾ/, [ret̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retraté, past participle retratado)

1. to portray

• retrato

• “retratar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.