1 (shape) contorno (m); perfil (m) line showing shape of sth he drew the outline of the house I could just make out the outline of his face he could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts he could see the outline of the ancient wood on the hill when I opened my eyes the filmy outline of a man appeared in the dim light she saw only the outline of them both seated on the sofa he sketched a rough outline of her face before the body is removed, the police make an outline of the position of the victim
2 (draft) [of book, film, plan, theory] esbozo (m); boceto (m); (summary) [of events, facts] resumen (m) I've drawn up the outline of the book he came to me with an outline for a new film his earliest outline of the theory, drawn up in 1839 the programme gives you an outline of the plot an outline of the survey's findings it is worth sketching a rough outline of events, for this invasion altered the course of history it is impossible to give more than an outline of the facts in relation to allergy only a bare outline of the main provisions of the Act can be given here "Marxist political economy: an outline"
parliament gave outline approval to the new law el parlamento aprobó en principio el nuevo proyecto de ley
give me the [broad] [general] [main] outline(s)
I'll give you the broad or general outline of what we mean to do te voy a explicar a grandes rasgos lo que pensamos hacer; te voy a resumir lo que pensamos hacer
the proposals have been agreed in outline
in outline, the story goes like this en resumen, la historia es así
in [broad] outline in broad outline the plan is as follows they are all very much alike, in broad outline at least in broad outline, Professor Fish's position is nothing new a [rough] outline of an article
