Usage examples of "pintar" in Spanish with translation to English

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¡Ayúdame a pintar la casa! Help me paint the house!
¡Ni siquiera tuve tiempo para pintar! I didn't even have time to paint!
Ella lo miraba pintar una pintura. She watched him draw a picture.
Él es aficionado a pintar. He is fond of painting.
Pintar es otra cosa que puedo hacer bastante bien. Painting is another thing I can do fairly well.
Le obligué pintar la casa. I made him paint the house.
Vamos a pintar la pared. We're going to paint the wall.
A mí también me gusta pintar. I like painting, too.
Ann terminó de pintar la pintura. Ann finished painting the picture.
Me tomó varias horas pintar esa habitación. It took me several hours to paint that room.
Al muchacho le gustó pintar un cuadro. The boy enjoyed painting a picture.
Tom eligió el color para pintar nuestras oficinas. Tom chose the color to paint our offices.
Mary contrató a Tom para pintar su casa. Mary hired Tom to paint her house.
No puedo pintar esta casa en un día. I cannot paint this house in one day.
Deberías aprovechar el buen clima y pintar la cerca. You should take advantage of the good weather to paint the fence.
Le pidieron que lo convenciera de pintar la casa. She was asked to convince him to paint the house.
Le pidieron que le ayudara a él a pintar la casa. She was asked to help him paint the house.
Chris fue contratado para pintar casas y pudo juntar el dinero. Chris was hired to paint houses and was able to raise the money.
Para pintar un pájaro, primero pinta una jaula con la puerta abierta. To paint a bird, start by painting a cage with an open door.
Chris fue contratado para pintar casas y fue capaz de reunir el dinero. Chris was hired to paint houses and was able to raise the money.
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