imitar

From Latin imitō.

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

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

1. imitate (to follow as a model)

• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

Borrowed from Latin imitāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• 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/
• 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, 2012–2024
• “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

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

1. to imitate

    Conjugation of imitar

		present		past		future
infinitive		imitar		imitir		imitor
tense		imitas		imitis		imitos
conditional		imitus
imperative		imitez
adjective active participle		imitanta		imitinta		imitonta
adverbial active participle		imitante		imitinte		imitonte
nominal active participle	singular	imitanto		imitinto		imitonto
	plural	imitanti		imitinti		imitonti
adjective passive participle		imitata		imitita		imitota
adverbial passive participle		imitate		imitite		imitote
nominal passive participle	singular	imitato		imitito		imitoto
	plural	imitati		imititi		imitoti

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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

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		imitar			aver imitat
gerund		imitant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imitat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imiti	imitas	imita	imitam	imitatz	imitan
	imperfect	imitavi	imitavas	imitava	imitàvem	imitàvetz	imitavan
	preterite	imitèri	imitères	imitèt	imitèrem	imitèretz	imitèron
	future	imitarai	imitaràs	imitarà	imitarem	imitaretz	imitaràn
	conditional	imitariái	imitariás	imitariá	imitariam	imitariatz	imitarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imitèra	imitèras	imitèra	imiteram	imiteratz	imitèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imite	imites	imite	imitem	imitetz	imiten
	imperfect	imitèssi	imitèsses	imitèsse	imitèssem	imitèssetz	imitèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imita		imitem	imitatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		imitar			aver imitat
gerund		imitant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imitat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imite	imites	imita	imitam	imitatz	imiton
	imperfect	imitave	imitaves	imitava	imitaviam	imitaviatz	imitavon
	preterite	imitere	imiteres	imitet	imitem	imitetz	imiteron
	future	imitarai	imitaràs	imitará	imitarem	imitaretz	imitarán
	conditional	imitariá	imitariás	imitariá	imitariam	imitariatz	imitarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imitèra	imitèras	imitèra	imiteram	imiteratz	imitèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imite	imites	imite	imitassiam	imitassiatz	imiton
	imperfect	imitesse	imitesses	imitesse	imitessiam	imitessiatz	imitesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imita		imitassiam	imitatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		imitar			aver imitat
gerund		imitant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imitat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imiti	imitas	imita	imitam	imitatz	imitan
	imperfect	imitavi	imitavas	imitava	imitàvam	imitàvatz	imitavan
	preterite	imitèi	imitès	imitè	imitèm	imitètz	imitèn
	future	imitarèi	imitaràs	imitarà	imitaram	imitaratz	imitaràn
	conditional	imitarí	imitarés	imitaré	imitarem	imitaretz	imitarén
	conditional 2nd form1	imitèra	imitèras	imitèra	imiteram	imiteratz	imitèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imiti	imites	imite	imitem	imitetz	imiten
	imperfect	imitèssi	imitèsses	imitèsse	imitèssem	imitèssetz	imitèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imita		imitem	imitatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		imitar			aver imitat
gerund		imitant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imitat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imite	imitas	imita	imitam	imitatz	imitan
	imperfect	imitava	imitavas	imitava	imitàvam	imitàvatz	imitavan
	preterite	imitei	imiteras	imitet	imitèram	imitèratz	imiteran
	future	imitarai	imitaràs	imitará	imitarem	imitaretz	imitarán
	conditional	imitariá	imitariàs	imitariá	imitariam	imitariatz	imitarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imitèra	imitèras	imitèra	imiteram	imiteratz	imitèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imite	imites	imite	imitem	imitetz	imiten
	imperfect	imitèsse	imitèsses	imitèsse	imitèssem	imitèssetz	imitèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imita		imitem	imitatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		imitar			aver imitat
gerund		imitant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imitat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imite	imites	imita	imitam	imitatz	imitan
	imperfect	imitavi	imitavas	imitava	imitàvem	imitàvetz	imitavan
	preterite	imitère	imitères	imitèt	imiteriam	imiteriatz	imitèron
	future	imitarai	imitaràs	imitarà	imitarem	imitaretz	imitaràn
	conditional	imitariáu	imitariás	imitariá	imitariam	imitariatz	imitarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imitèra	imitèras	imitèra	imiteram	imiteratz	imitèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imite	imites	imite	imitem	imitetz	imitan
	imperfect	imitèsse	imitèsses	imitèsse	imitessiam	imitessiatz	imitèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imita		imitem	imitatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• 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 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “imitar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “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, 2003–2024
• “imitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “imitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.

• IPA^(key): /imiˈtaɾ/
• 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], 2024 December 10