Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to portray
Participle: portrayed
Gerund: portraying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | portray |
| you | portray |
| he;she;it | portrays |
| we | portray |
| you | portray |
| they | portray |
Perfect
| I | have portrayed |
| you | have portrayed |
| he;she;it | has portrayed |
| we | have portrayed |
| you | have portrayed |
| they | have portrayed |
Past
| I | portrayed |
| you | portrayed |
| he;she;it | portrayed |
| we | portrayed |
| you | portrayed |
| they | portrayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had portrayed |
| you | had portrayed |
| he;she;it | had portrayed |
| we | had portrayed |
| you | had portrayed |
| they | had portrayed |
Future
| I | will portray |
| you | will portray |
| he;she;it | will portray |
| we | will portray |
| you | will portray |
| they | will portray |
Future Perfect
| I | will have portrayed |
| you | will have portrayed |
| he;she;it | will have portrayed |
| we | will have portrayed |
| you | will have portrayed |
| they | will have portrayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | portray |
| you | portray |
| he;she;it | portray |
| we | portray |
| you | portray |
| they | portray |
Perfect
| I | have portrayed |
| you | have portrayed |
| he;she;it | have portrayed |
| we | have portrayed |
| you | have portrayed |
| they | have portrayed |
Imperfect
| I | portrayed |
| you | portrayed |
| he;she;it | portrayed |
| we | portrayed |
| you | portrayed |
| they | portrayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had portrayed |
| you | had portrayed |
| he;she;it | had portrayed |
| we | had portrayed |
| you | had portrayed |
| they | had portrayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would portray |
| you | would portray |
| he;she;it | would portray |
| we | would portray |
| you | would portray |
| they | would portray |
Perfect
| I | would have portrayed |
| you | would have portrayed |
| he;she;it | would have portrayed |
| we | would have portrayed |
| you | would have portrayed |
| they | would have portrayed |
Imperative
| you | portray |
| we | Let's portray |
| you | portray |
Verbs conjugated like 'portray'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'portray'
pourtray,
forray,
outray,
partay,
portrait,
array,
atray,
betray,
borry,
contrary,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- represent
- picture, delineate, illustrate, depict, describe, limn, characterize, paint
Antonyms
- represent
- misrepresent, falsify, distort, caricature
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. purtraire, O.Fr. portraire "to draw, to paint, portray" (12c.), lit. "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from L. pro-) + traire "trace, draw," from L. trahere "to drag, draw" (see tract (1)).
2. From Middle English portray, from Middle French portraire.
Sample Sentences
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I will portray a king on horseback.
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Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death,
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And in his eies the furies of his heart,
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That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng,
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And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:]
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For my next movie, I will be portraying Shakespeare.