No. 5,639 in Spanish
proyectar
To project or to plan.
In a sentence
Ellos quieren proyectar una película en la escuela.
They want to screen a movie at school.
In this sentence, 'proyectar' is used to mean 'to screen' or 'to show' in the context of displaying a movie.
María planea proyectar su presentación en la reunión mensual.
María plans to project her presentation at the monthly meeting.
Here, 'proyectar' refers to projecting an image or presentation onto a surface, such as using a projector.
Él aspira a proyectar una imagen positiva ante sus colegas.
He aspires to project a positive image to his colleagues.
In this case, 'proyectar' is used metaphorically to mean 'to give an impression' or 'to convey' an image or feeling.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “proyectar” in actual Spanish podcasts.
Find “proyectar” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into español, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Spanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).