imitar

From Latin imitō.

• IPA^(key): /imiˈtaɾ/, [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

imitar (first-person singular indicative present imito, past participle imitáu)

1. imitate (to follow as a model)

• imitación

Borrowed from Latin imitāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.miˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [i.miˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar
• Homophone: imità (except Valencian)

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imití, past participle imitat)

1. to imitate

• “imitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “imitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin imitāre (“to copy, mimic”).

• IPA^(key): /imiˈtaɾ/ [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imitei, past participle imitado)

1. (transitive) to imitate
2. (intransitive) to resemble, to look like someone
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to resemble, to look like someone

   Imítase moito ao seu pai

   He looks a lot like his father

• “imitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “imitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “imitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “imitar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “imitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

imitar (present tense imitas, past tense imitis, future tense imitos, imperative imitez, conditional imitus)

1. to imitate

imitar

1. to imitate

• Rhymes: -aːr

imitar m

1. verbal noun of imita

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imitar

1. to imitate

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 366.

Borrowed from Latin imitārī.

• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imitei, past participle imitado)

1. to imitate, mimic

• “imitar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “imitar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “imitar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “imitar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “imitar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “imitar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.

• IPA^(key): /imiˈtaɾ/ [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧mi‧tar

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imité, past participle imitado)

1. to imitate, to mimic, to ape, to copy, to copycat, to impersonate, to simulate

• “imitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014