to spray paint
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2.8
- phrasal verb
- /spreɪ peɪnt/
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pintar con spray
- I spray-painted the box silver, glued on knobs and switches from stuff I found in the garage, and used some mesh wire to make speakers on either side.
- spray paint the car
- spray paint a message
And why, pray tell, was the box spray painted black?
- And why, pray tell, was the box spray painted black?
- They would even have the word drugs spray painted or airbrushed on the back of the car.
- A lot of dude, half of our class will be outside fucking spray painting their homework onto the side of the building.
- White branches, which I don't know, are those natural white like Birch or were they spray painted?
- So I get up around to take care of myself, pull out my paint gun and spray paint the face.
- I mean, to see the Stars of David spray painted on homes in Paris and New York, it, it, it, it's shocking.
Examples
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Next, she spray-painted the handles silver.
Blog text (26) -
We'd sign the T-shirts or spray paint on them.
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I may spray paint the inside of the box white to prevent this problem in the future.
Blog text (19) -
I just decided that I wanted to, like, spray-paint the walls.
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I don't want to spray paint inside the office.
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I like to spray paint in the garage so that no debris blows into my object and sticks to it.
Blog text (22) -
So I'm going to prep my workspace and spray paint on that coat of paint.
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He's telling you a friend is going to teach him the auto-body business; he'll learn how to spray-paint cars.
Fiction book (1992) -
She decided to spray paint the furniture to give it a fresh look.
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I watched as he carefully spray painted the canvas with vibrant colors.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put coloured liquid on a surface to protect or change how it looks
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1.0
To send out small drops of liquid to cover something
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4.6
To spray paint a surface with a small tool that blows air
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to apply paint using an aerosol spray can' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'spray' (to disperse liquid) with 'paint' (pigmented coating); the phrase is a literal compositional combination. This construction is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Spray paint The verb spray paint comes from the simple picture of pressing a can so the paint comes out as a fine spray over a wall or object. That's why it means 'to apply paint using an aerosol spray can'.