mira

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa

Deverbal from mirar.

mira f (plural mires)

1. look, glance
2. intention, aim
3. (weaponry) sight, scope

   Synonym: punt de mira

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• The imperative form mira can reduce to mi in colloquial speech when one or more clitic pronouns are attached to the end of the verb.

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Inherited from Spanish mirar (“to look”).

mirá

1. to look; to look; to glance

mira

1. third-person singular past historic of mirer

• mari, rami, rima

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: mì‧ra

From mirare.

mira f (plural mire)

1. aim
2. sight

   Synonym: mirino

3. (figurative) aim, goal, purpose, design, objective, purport

   Synonyms: scopo, obiettivo, intenzione

4. (surveying) stadia, level staff

• mirare
• mirino
• prendere la mira
• prendere di mira

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mira

1. inflection of mirare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   • Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi
     Questi cari pargoletti.
     Ah! pietà di lor ti tocchi
     Se non hai di te pietà.

     Look, o Norma, at your knees
     These darling children.
     Ah! May pity for them touch you
     If you have no pity for yourself.

     (Felice Romani, libretto to Vincenzo Bellini's, Norma, Act 2, Scene 3.)

• armi, mari, rami, rima

mira f (plural mires)

1. goal, aim, end

mīra

1. inflection of mīrus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

• "mira", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

mira

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mirt

Borrowed from Polish mira, alternative form of mirra.

• (mirà): IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈr̺ɐ]
• (mìra): IPA^(key): [ˈmʲɪ.r̺ɐ]

mirà f stress pattern 2

1. myrrh
2. instrumental singular of mira

mi̇̀ra f

1. vocative singular of mira

• “mira”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

From Italian mira or its Sicilian equivalent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːra/

mira f (plural miri)

1. target; aim (e.g. for shooting)
2. aim; goal; purpose

   Synonym: għan

   Ma lħaqniex il-miri tagħna. ― We didn’t reach our goals.

From Portuguese mirar and Spanish mirar.

mira

1. to see

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: mi‧ra
• Homophone: Mira

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

mira f

1. (rare) alternative form of mirra

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mira f

1. (astronomy, geodesy) reference point for azimuth measurements

• mira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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• Rhymes: -iɾɐ
• Homophone: Mira

Deverbal from mirar.

mira f (plural miras)

1. sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
2. marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)

   Synonym: pontaria

3. aim (ability of someone to aim straight)

   Você tem uma mira excelente. ― You have excellent aim.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “mira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “mira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Inherited from Latin mīrārī.

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a mira (third-person singular present miră, past participle mirat, third-person subjunctive mire) 1st conjugation

1. (reflexive) to wonder
2. (reflexive) to be astounded, amazed, surprised
3. (transitive) to astound, amaze
4. (regional, Transylvania) to see to

• minuna

• minune

• uimi

mira (Cyrillic spelling мира)

1. genitive singular of mir

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiraː/

mira

1. to be frightened, scared.

   Anurkidan asan tanglyneanji mirateji.

   Owing to the scent of the tiger, the oxen is frightened.

• Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧ra

Deverbal from mirar.

mira f (plural miras)

1. target
2. purpose, object
3. sight (of a weapon)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “mira”, 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

Borrowed from Dutch mier.

mira

1. ant

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmiː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧ra

mira (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ) (Rizal, colloquial)

1. clipping of primera (“too; very”)

   Mirang ganda ng kapatid niya.

   Her sibling is very beautiful.

   (literally, “Firstness in beauty of her sibling.”)