avatar

avatar

Imagen o personaje digital que representa a una persona en internet o en un videojuego.

En inglés sencillo: A picture or digital character that represents a person online or in a computer game.

• Choose an avatar for your profile.
• Her avatar wears a bright green hat.
• Players can change their avatars before each game.

Expresiones frecuentes: choose an avatar, profile avatar, customize an avatar

avatar, encarnación

Un dios que aparece en la Tierra con cuerpo humano o animal, especialmente Visnú en la creencia hindú.

En inglés sencillo: A god appearing on earth in a human or animal body, especially Vishnu in Hindu belief.

• Rama is an avatar of Vishnu.
• The temple honors this divine avatar.
• The book explains the different avatars described in Hindu tradition.

Cómo se usa: avatar of someone (Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu.)

Sinónimos: incarnation

Expresiones frecuentes: avatar of Vishnu, a divine avatar

encarnación, personificación

Persona o forma física que representa una idea o una cualidad.

En inglés sencillo: A person or physical form that represents an idea or quality.

• The statue is an avatar of hope.
• The writer presents her heroine as an avatar of freedom.
• To his followers, he was an avatar of everything they believed in.

Cómo se usa: avatar of something (The hero becomes an avatar of courage.)

Sinónimos: embodiment, personification

Expresiones frecuentes: avatar of something, an avatar of justice