perspective

perspectiva, punto de vista

Manera de pensar sobre algo o de entenderlo.

En inglés sencillo: A way of thinking about or understanding something.

• Try looking at it from her perspective.
• The book offers a fresh perspective on city life.
• We discussed the problem from several perspectives.

Cómo se usa: a perspective on something (Travelling gave her a new perspective on family life.); from someone’s perspective (From a child’s perspective, the room seemed enormous.)

Sinónimos: point of view, viewpoint, outlook

Expresiones frecuentes: different perspective, from someone’s perspective, perspective on something

perspectiva, sentido de la proporción

Capacidad de valorar la importancia real de las cosas comparándolas con otras.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to judge how important things really are compared with other things.

• Try to keep some perspective.
• He lost all perspective over one small mistake.
• The trip put my worries in perspective.

Cómo se usa: keep/put something in perspective (Talking to a friend helped me put the problem in perspective.)

Sinónimos: sense of proportion, balanced judgment

Expresiones frecuentes: keep perspective, lose perspective, put something in perspective

perspectiva

Técnica de dibujo que hace que las cosas parezcan cercanas o lejanas sobre una superficie plana.

En inglés sencillo: A way of drawing that makes things look nearer or farther away on a flat surface.

• Perspective makes the street look deep.
• We learned to draw buildings in perspective.
• The artist used perspective to show the room’s size.

Expresiones frecuentes: linear perspective, draw in perspective, use perspective

vista, panorama

Vista de un paisaje o lugar, especialmente cuando se extiende hacia la lejanía.

En inglés sencillo: A view of a scene, especially one stretching into the distance.

• A wide perspective opened before us.
• Beyond the window lay a perspective of distant hills.
• The terrace offered a lovely perspective of the valley.

Sinónimos: view, vista, outlook

Expresiones frecuentes: distant perspective, wide perspective, perspective of hills

perspectivo

Que utiliza la técnica de dibujo para representar profundidad y distancia, o se relaciona con ella.

En inglés sencillo: Using or relating to a drawing method that shows depth and distance.

• She made a perspective drawing of the house.
• The plan includes a perspective view of the garden.
• Perspective lines help the artist show distance.

Expresiones frecuentes: perspective drawing, perspective view, perspective projection