noun, gerund/present participle
esboço, esboçar, desenho rápido
1. The act of making a quick, rough drawing or preliminary design
She spent the afternoon sketching in her notebook.
Ela passou a tarde esboçando em seu caderno.
2. Creating a rough outline or plan before detailed work
Sketching the project layout helped us visualize the final design.
Esboçar o layout do projeto nos ajudou a visualizar o design final.
3. Drawing with quick, light strokes to capture basic forms or ideas
The artist was sketching the landscape with charcoal.
O artista estava esboçando a paisagem com carvão.
In Brazil, 'esboço' and 'esboçando' are widely used in art education, architecture, and design contexts. Sketching is valued as part of the creative process in both American and Brazilian artistic traditions, often seen as an essential preliminary step before formal artwork or project development.
Look up more words on Fala2Me
The free English-Portuguese dictionary with real Brazilian accents, NYC slang, conjugator and more
Open Fala2Me →