to take photo
136
1.0
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ˈfoʊtoʊ/
:
sacar una foto
- Let's take a photo of the beautiful sunset together.
- take a photo
- take digital photos
- take well-exposed photos
That's because people don't take photos while they're arguing.
- That's because people don't take photos while they're arguing.
- She forces him to take a photo or five.
- All right, so it looks like they've taken a photo of their sneakers bar.
- She just she just took this photo of me and then she backs up.
- Every time I've ever taken a family photo, I hated my kids.
- She was French, she was a model, and we took a photo together.
- What was it like to take photos before the Polaroid was invented?
- And you will need to take photos of a display.
- Like this magnet is able to take a photo of what's inside your brain.
- Torah Ella, wait, can you take a photo of us, Andrew?
- Now listen, I'm never gonna advocate for taking photos on the iPad.
Examples
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I would take a photo of you and show you how good you looked right now, 'cause you look fantastic.
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I've just been asked to take a lot of photos lately.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sign that page and then take a photo of it and send it to yourself.
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Do you mind if we ask you to take a photo of us?
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"It's very nice," I say, and take a photo of her standing next to it.
Fiction book (2002) -
So please continue to take photos of yourself doing the challenges.
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Wait, wait, let's take a photo.
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Encourage students to take a series of photos that show an activity or experience.
Academic text (2008) -
Rather than wait for the right shot, take dozens of photos and choose the best.
Academic text (2008) -
We're taking a photo.
Synonyms
397
3.2
To take a photograph or film
211
3.3
To record video, images, or sound from a device
202
2.1
To take a picture of a person, place, or thing with a camera
166
1.4
To make a photo using a camera
How Skillful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to capture an image using a camera' is directly and compositionally derived from 'take' (to capture/record) plus 'photo' (a photographic image). Although standard English requires an article in most contexts ('take a photo'), the core semantic relation is transparent and predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Take photo comes from the idea of take: you pick up a moment and keep it as a photo, like taking a small object to hold. So, it now means 'to make a picture with a camera'.