take a picture

hacer una foto, tomar una foto

Hacer una foto de alguien o algo con una cámara o un teléfono.

En inglés sencillo: To use a camera or phone to make a photo of someone or something.

• Can you take a picture?
• She took a picture of her new puppy.
• We're taking pictures by the lake.

Cómo se usa: take a picture of someone/something (I took a picture of the mountains.); take someone's picture (Could you take our picture, please?)

Sinónimos: photograph, take a photo

Expresiones frecuentes: take a picture outside, take a picture together, take a picture here

saca una foto

Se le dice con enfado o en broma a quien te mira fijamente, para que deje de hacerlo.

En inglés sencillo: Said angrily or jokingly to someone who is staring at you, to make them stop.

• Stop staring! Take a picture!
• She caught him staring and snapped, 'Take a picture; it'll last longer.'
• 'Take a picture,' he told the stranger who kept watching him.

Sinónimos: stop staring

Expresiones frecuentes: take a picture then, take a picture instead