English-Portuguese translations for foreground

• primeiro plano
  A situação na ex-Jugoslávia estará em primeiro plano em Florença.Developments in former Yugoslavia will be in the foreground at Florence.
  Considero muito importante que abordemos questões de direitos humanos e os coloquemos em primeiro plano. I think that it is very important that we speak about human rights issues and bring them to the foreground.
  No balanço da Presidência austríaca, é óbvio que, para mim, a vertente social se situa em primeiro plano. On the Austrian Presidency's balance sheet, the social aspect is, for me, obviously in the foreground.

Definition of foreground

• The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others
• To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically

Related words

• forego
• foregone
• foregoing
• foregone conclusion