dipingere
paint
verb dee-PEEN-jeh-reh Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'depingere', portray
Also means
depict
Usage Note
Dipingere is to paint pictures (use verniciare for painting walls) and figuratively to depict in words. It has an irregular past participle, dipinto, which doubles as the noun for 'a painting'.
Examples
"Ama dipingere paesaggi marini."
Natural Translation
She loves to paint seascapes.
Literal Translation
She-loves to-paint landscapes marine.

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