portray

[US]/pɔːˈtreɪ/
[UK]/pɔːrˈtreɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kudisplaya, kushirikisha
Word Forms
Past Participleportrayed
Past Tenseportrayed
Third Person Singularportrays
Present Participleportraying

Phrases & Collocations

accurately portray

tathmini kwa uhakama

realistically portray

tathmini kwa ujumla

artistically portray

tathmini kwa ujumla wa michezo

Example Sentences

a book portraying life in the Middle Ages.

kitabu kipangwa kuhusu maisha ya Miya na Mioyo.

He portrayed Napoleon in the play.

Alikuwa na mchezo wa Napoleon.

The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman.

filmi inapangwa Gandhi kama mwanamke mwingine.

the biography portrays him as a thoroughly bad egg.

biografia inapangwa yeye kama mchana mwenyewe.

the audit portrayed the company in a very favourable light.

uchunguzi ulijionyesha kampuni kwa nuru nzuri sana.

the women were portrayed as passive victims.

wanawake walionekana kama waathiriwa pasifiki.

he chose Trevor Howard to portray Captain Bligh.

amewahimia Trevor Howard kwa kuanza Captain Bligh.

the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist.

kitabu inapangwa yeye kama mwanamke mwenyewe.

her father was portrayed as tyrannical and unloving.

babaye amepangwa kama mwenyewe na mwenyewe.

Who portrayed king Lear?

Kwa nani alipangwa mkuu Lear?

great Island heritage portrayed in all this flummery?

urithi mzuri wa kisiwa kilichoonyeshwa katika uzushi huu wote?

The book portrayed his personal experience.

kitabu inapangwa tazama kwa mwenyewe.

Popular tradition portrays Richard III as a hunchback.

mipango ya mamlaka inapangwa Richard III kama mwenyewe.

Lawrence portrays feminists as shrill, humourless, and desexed.

Lawrence anasurua mwanamke kama wana mshindi, wana mafundisho na wana mshindi.

Polonius is portrayed as a foolish, garrulous old man.

Polonius anafanywa kuwa mzee mchovu na mzungumzaji mrefu.

the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh.

wakubwa wa Oxbridge waliowakilishwa na Evelyn Waugh.

he portrayed the Tories as the party of worn-out ideas.

amewahimia Tories kama mwenyewe.

our great Island heritage portrayed in all this flummery?

urithi mzuri wa kisiwa chetu uliowasilishwa katika uzushi huu wote?

It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.

hakuna kuchangia kwa kuanza Christ katika mpira au filmi.

Real-world Examples

What traits does a character need to have in order for you to portray them?

Je mifano ya mnyama yaliyohitaji kwa ajili ya kushirikisha wewe?

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

Poitier transformed how Black people were portrayed in movies.

Poitier aliuma maelezo ya watu wa mizigo kwenye michezo.

Source: VOA Daily Standard January 2022 Collection

I think he's successfully portrayed himself as a victim.

Ninikama alishirikisha mwenyewe kama mshirika.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

And they're not portrayed in profile.

Na wao hawakushirikisha kwa maelezo ya mchoro.

Source: Oxford University's "The Beautiful Princess"

In films and television, they're often portrayed as slackers and delinquents.

Kwenye michezo na televisheni, wao wakifunzwa kama wanaotangaza na wanaosafirisha.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia Comprehensive Category

Is it really as " whack" as it's portrayed to be?

Je, ni kama "whack" kama inashirikisha?

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

And I think he's successfully portrayed himself as a victim.

Na ninikama alishirikisha mwenyewe kama mshirika.

Source: VOA Daily Standard July 2023 Collection

Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton portray the title characters.

Jeremy Renner na Gemma Arterton wakushirikisha mifano ya maelezo.

Source: NPR News February 2013 Collection

The author, Marcela Iacub, admits to mixing fiction with reality in her attempt to portray Strauss-Kahn.

Mzuradhi, Marcela Iacub, amekuwa na maelezo ya kushirikisha fiksi na mafupi katika upendekezo wake kushirikisha Strauss-Kahn.

Source: NPR News February 2013 Collection

Psychology research has tended to portray solitude as a negative experience.

Tafakari ya maelezo ya psychology inayotumia kushirikisha kushoto kama maelezo ya mafupi.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

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