foreground

the area of a picture, photograph, or scene that appears to be nearest to the viewer

primer plano, primer término

Collocations foreground and background

• The foreground of the painting is full of detail.

  El primer plano del cuadro está lleno de detalles.

to give more importance to something than other things

poner en el centro, dar prioridad a

• take sth into the foreground

• We need to take environmental issues into the foreground.

  Necesitamos dar prioridad a las cuestiones ambientales.

to bring an application or window to the front of your computer screen so that you can use it

poner en primer plano, activar

• take sth into the foreground

• I need to take this application into the foreground.

  Necesito poner esta aplicación en primer plano.