English-Italian translations for personify

• personificare
  Se si potesse personificare, direi che lei, signora Lehtomäki, è stata compassata, il Primo Ministro Vanhanen calmo, e il Ministro Tuomioja impassibile. If you could personify things, I would say that you, Mrs Lehtomäki, were Mrs Cool. Mr Vanhanen, you were Mr Calm, and I think you, Mr Tuomioja, were Mr Collected.

Definition of personify

• To be an example of; to have all the attributes of
• To create a representation of in the form of a character

Examples

• Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
• The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

Related words

• personification
• personifying
• personified
• personifier