imitar

From Latin imitō.

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

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

1. imitate (to follow as a model)

• “imitar” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Borrowed from Latin imitāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.miˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “imitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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. (pronominal) 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, 2012–2025
• “imitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “imitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “imitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “imitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

1. to imitate

imitar

1. to imitate

• IPA^(key): /ɪ.mɪˈtaːr/
• 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “imitar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “imitar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “imitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “imitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “imitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024