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picture1

UK: /ˈpɪk.tʃər/ US: /-tʃə`/

Translation

n [c]
cuadro
dibujo
fotografía
imagen
ilustración
película
picture window
ventana grande [con vistas]
the general picture
la idea general
the pictures UK
el cine
Let's go to the pictures tonight
Vámonos al cine esta noche
to be a picture UK
ser una preciosidad
to get the picture
pillar algo col.
entender algo
I get the picture, don't worry
Lo he pillado, no te preocupes
to {keep/put} sb in the picture (inform)
{mantener/poner} a alguien al corriente col.
Véase tb: motion picture
(Definition of picture n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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