1 verb represent visually TRANSITIVEléirigh verb c m utaispeáin verb c m uthe poster depicts him as a heroléirítear sa phóstaer é mar laochphotographs depicting the horrors of wargrianghraif a thaispeánann uafáis na cogaíochta2 verb portray in writing or speech TRANSITIVEléirigh verb c m uthe writer depicts athletes as idiotsléiríonn an scríbhneoir lúthchleasaithe mar amadáin, cuireann an scríbhneoir síos ar lúthchleasaithe amhail gur bómáin iadin this book they're depicted as heroessa leabhar seo, is laochra iad; cuirtear inár láthair mar laochra iad sa leabhar seo