esboço

/isˈbosu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os esboços

Meaning

  1. sketch

    • Fez um esboço.

      He made a sketch.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

estudo

In art specifically, "a study" (estudo) means a preliminary sketch (esboço) made before a finished work.

Similar in other languages

German

Skizze

Skizze is the German word for the same thing — both mean "sketch."

Spanish

boceto

boceto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sketch."

Spanish

croquis

croquis is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sketch."

Practice

1 What does esboço mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fez um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches esboço?

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