take a picture

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take a picture (third-person singular simple present takes a picture, present participle taking a picture, simple past took a picture, past participle taken a picture)

1. (idiomatic) To photographically capture an image

   I took a picture of my family.

2. (informal) Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer.

Translations

capture an image

• Arabic: اِلْتَقَطَ صُورَةً (iltaqaṭa ṣūratan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 照相 (zh) (zhàoxiàng), 拍照 (zh) (pāizhào)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: een foto nemen
• Finnish: ottaa kuva
• French: prendre en photo (fr)
• German: ein Foto machen
• Irish: tóg pictiúr, glac pictiúr
• Japanese: 撮る (ja) (とる, toru)
• Portuguese: tirar foto
• Russian: сделать фото (sdelatʹ foto)
• Serbo-Croatian: fotografirati (sh), slikati (sh)
• Spanish: hacer una fotografía
• Vietnamese: chụp hình, chụp ảnh (vi), chụp (vi)

used as a rebuke

• French: tu veux ma photo?
• Spanish: ¿tengo monos en la cara?

See also

• Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take