fresco

fresco

Imagen pintada sobre una pared o un techo mientras el revestimiento todavía está húmedo.

En inglés sencillo: A picture painted on a wall or ceiling while its surface is still wet.

• A fresco covers the church ceiling.
• They restored the faded fresco above the door.
• The chapel contains several beautifully preserved frescoes.

Expresiones frecuentes: ancient fresco, ceiling fresco, restore a fresco

pintura al fresco, fresco

Técnica de pintar con colores al agua sobre una pared o un techo cuyo revestimiento aún está húmedo.

En inglés sencillo: A way of painting with water-based colours on a wall or ceiling whose surface is still wet.

• The artist works in fresco.
• Fresco requires the painter to work before the plaster dries.
• We learned the basics of fresco at art school.

Expresiones frecuentes: paint in fresco, fresco technique, fresco painting

fresco, frescor

Aire agradablemente fresco o lugar fresco y con sombra.

En inglés sencillo: Pleasantly cool air or a cool, shaded place.

• They rested in the fresco beneath the trees.
• We enjoyed the evening fresco after the day’s heat.
• The garden’s fresco offered relief from the summer sun.

Sinónimos: coolness, shade

Antónimos: heat

Expresiones frecuentes: in the fresco, evening fresco

pintar al fresco

Pintar una imagen sobre una pared o un techo mientras el revestimiento aún está húmedo.

En inglés sencillo: To paint a picture on a wall or ceiling while its surface is still wet.

• The artist will fresco the wall.
• She frescoed the ceiling with scenes of village life.
• Several painters helped to fresco the new chapel.

Cómo se usa: fresco something (They hired an artist to fresco the chapel ceiling.)

Expresiones frecuentes: fresco a wall, fresco the ceiling