Evocar in english
To evoke
pronunciation: tuɪvoʊk part of speech: none
pronunciation: tuɪvoʊk part of speech: none
In gestures
evocar = conjure ; evoke ; interpellate ; conjure up ; hark(en) back to ; hearken back to ; beckon forth ; call forth.
Example: Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.Example: If my comments yesterday managed to evoke the landscape of the State of Ohio, I offer no apologies.Example: The writers examine how contemporary discourses of advertising interpellate individuals as subjects.Example: As we enter full-throttle into the Information Age, the mere mention of 'the information highway' conjures up a predictable set of high-tech images.Example: The third point is one that harks back to the chapter on peer influences.Example: The term 'first cold press' hearkens back to the traditional method, where the best oil came from the first pressing; subsequent pressings release more oil, but of inferior quality.Example: Our academic curriculum and is designed to stimulate, challenge, and beckon forth the best from each student.Example: In most people, this perfectly natural self-destructive subpersonality sleeps unless extreme conditions call it forth to influence events.more:
» evocar a = reek of .
Example: To the founders of Artificial Intelligence, this argument reeked of obscurantism.» evocar una imagen de = conjure up + an image of ; conjure up + a vision of ; bring + a picture of .
Example: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins. Example: The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses. Example: The name brings a picture of colorful wagons being drawn by pied horses.