figurative Significado & definición

Significado de figurative en español

• 0 (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect -- figurado

  • Of course, she was using the term ‘massacre’ in the figurative sense.

• 1 (of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way -- figurativo

• 2 (of a word or words) not literal or factual, but using words to create a mental image -- figurado [ masculine ]

  • figurative language lenguaje figurado

  • a figurative use of the word un uso figurado de la palabra