imitare

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See also: imitaré

Asturian

Verb

imitare

  1. inflection of imitar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Etymology

From Latin imitārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.miˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tà‧re

Usage notes

  • Treccani marks the variant pronunciation io imìto as "rare or poetic"; Hoepli marks it as uncommon. The traditional-minded Dizionario di Ortografia e Pronuncia specifies the variant pronunciation as "less common today but dominant in the poets". The modern-minded Canepari (Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana) lists the variant pronunciation as less-preferred and aulica (archaic or literary).

Verb

imitàre (first-person singular present ìmito, first-person singular past historic imitài, past participle imitàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to imitate, copy, copycat, mimic, ape
    Synonyms: copiare, scimmiottare, fare il verso
  2. to forge, fake, counterfeit
    Synonyms: contraffare, falsificare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imitàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive imitàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund imitàndo
present participle imitànte past participle imitàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ìmito ìmiti ìmita imitiàmo imitàte ìmitano
imperfect imitàvo imitàvi imitàva imitavàmo imitavàte imitàvano
past historic imitài imitàsti imitò imitàmmo imitàste imitàrono
future imiterò imiterài imiterà imiterémo imiteréte imiterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present imiterèi imiterésti imiterèbbe, imiterébbe imiterémmo imiteréste imiterèbbero, imiterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ìmiti ìmiti ìmiti imitiàmo imitiàte ìmitino
imperfect imitàssi imitàssi imitàsse imitàssimo imitàste imitàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ìmita ìmiti imitiàmo imitàte ìmitino
negative imperative non imitàre non ìmiti non imitiàmo non imitàte non ìmitino

Derived terms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

imitāre

  1. inflection of imitō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
    2. present active infinitive
  2. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of imitor

Romanian

Etymology

From imita +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

Noun

imitare f (plural imitări)

  1. (the act or result of) imitating; imitation

Declension

Declension of imitare
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) imitare imitarea (niște) imitări imitările
genitive/dative (unei) imitări imitării (unor) imitări imitărilor
vocative imitare, imitareo imitărilor

Related terms

Spanish

Verb

imitare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of imitar
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