retrato
Spanish, noun
retrato is spelled R-E-T-R-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “portrait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retratar. With an accent, retrató is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of retratar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Imagen pictórica de alguien o algo, casi siempre de una persona”.
What does retrato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineportrait
- 2
masculineportraiture
- 3
masculineportrayal
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retratar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of retratar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Imagen pictórica de alguien o algo, casi siempre de una persona. 2. Descripción exacta del aspecto físico o del carácter de alguien o algo. 3. Cosa o persona que se parece mucho a alguien o algo. 4. Derecho a retener algo vendido a otro, o a reversar una transacción, pagando su precio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retrato
- retratos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to retrato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retrato in Spanish?
retrato appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).