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painting /ˡpeɪntɪŋ/ noun pittura f;
(picture) dipinto m

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'painting' found in these entries:

English:

action painting - canvas - cave painting - commission - enjoy - oil painting - picture - predate - touch - want

Italian:

dipinto - olio - pittura - quadro - tempera - verniciatura

painting: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
painting	n	(a work of art) quadro	dipinto, quadro nm
The Louvre has thousands of paintings on its walls.
Il Louvre ha migliaia di dipinti sui suoi muri.
painting	n	(the art) arte pittorica	pittura nf
She enjoys sculpture and painting.
Le piacciono la scultura e la pittura.
painting	n	(covering with paint)	tinteggiatura nf
The painting of the dining room took five hours.
La tinteggiatura della sala da pranzo è durata cinque ore.
painting	v pres p	(paint)	pitturare, tinteggiare vtr ⇒ ⇒
She was painting the kitchen a new colour.
Stava tinteggiando la cucina di un colore nuovo.
painting	n	(job) lavoro di pittore edile	pittura nf
		professione di pittore	imbianchino nm
He does painting and decorating for a living.
Fa pittura e decorazione per guadagnarsi da vivere.
Fa l'imbianchino e le decorazioni per guadagnarsi da vivere.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
acrylic painting			quadro acrilico
cave painting			pitture rupestri
china painting			pittura cinese
decorative painting			quadro decorativo
face painting			tingere il viso
finger painting			pitturare con le dita
flower painting			quadro con fiori
fresco painting	n	(mural painted directly onto plaster)	affresco nm
Probably the world's most famous fresco painting is Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'.
Il più famoso affresco del mondo è probabilmente "L'ultima cena" di Leonardo Da Vinci.
glass painting			pittura vetraria; vetrocromia
landscape painting			paesaggistica nf
miniature painting			miniatura
mural painting			murale nm
nude painting			dipinto di nudo
oil painting			pittura a olio
oil painting		pittura	olio nm
pastel painting			pittura a pastelli
portrait painting			ritratto nm
still-life painting			dipinto con natura morta
wall painting		pittura	affresco
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'painting' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'painting':

Found on an old painting
He did a painting which depicted barefoot people
He has revealed that the painting was damaged
He takes a picture of the artist standing in front of the painting
how to make a painting
I can't wait until the painting that I bought arrives
I have the pleasure of enclosing the information of this painting
I like the diversity of the subject matter in Impressionist painting
live painting exhibit
May I draw your attention to this beautiful painting
Mr Agnello and his fellow campaigners believe the painting was too hot to handle and remains in Sicily
painting from life
Painting-by-numbers
Raphael's famous painting La Fornarina
Sand the moldings before painting
She paints; The Painting Lady
She's no oil painting
spalto (in the context of painting)
surface of a painting
the figure in the painting
Yet the painting is not empty

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