presentar (un proyecto)
verbCEFR B2High frequency
What does “presentar (un proyecto)” mean in English?
to present a project or proposal
to present a project or proposal (presentar ante la junta/el comité — formally showing and introducing a piece of work to an audience)
Example sentences
El equipo de marketing presentó el nuevo plan de campaña ante la junta directiva el martes por la tarde.
The marketing team presented the new campaign plan to the board of directors on Tuesday afternoon.
Tenemos que presentar los resultados del primer trimestre a los inversores antes del día quince.
We need to present the first quarter results to investors before the fifteenth.
Mañana presentaré la propuesta definitiva y espero que sea aprobada sin demasiadas modificaciones.
Tomorrow I will present the final proposal and I hope it will be approved without too many changes.
How to use it
Presentar un proyecto / una propuesta means 'to present a project or proposal' — to formally show and explain a piece of work to an audience such as a board, client, or committee. Pattern: presentar + noun + ante + audience. In the B2 workplace, presentar is the default verb for this act; exponer and defender are the deeper steps (explaining and arguing for the work, respectively). Common collocations: presentar resultados (present results), presentar un informe (present a report), dar una presentación (give a presentation).
Common mistake
Presentar (to present / introduce) ≠ exponer (to lay out / explain in detail) ≠ defender (to argue for). The sequence in a professional presentation is often: presentar (introduce the topic) → exponer (go through the details) → defender (answer challenges). Using presentar for all three flattens the register. Also: dar una presentación (to give a presentation) is the nominal form — English speakers often calque this directly, which is fine in Spanish.