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Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Verb

mirar

  1. (transitive) to watch

Conjugation

Conjugation of mirar (first conjugation)
infinitive mirar
gerund mirando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mirau, mirato mirada, mirata
plural miraus, miratos miradas, miratas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present miro miras mira miramos miraz miran
imperfect miraba, mirabe mirabas miraba mirabanos mirabaz miraban
preterite miré mirés miró miremos mirez miroron, mirón
future miraré mirarás mirará miraremos mirarez mirarán
conditional miraría mirarías miraría miraríanos miraríaz mirarían
subjunctive yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present mire mires mire miremos mirez miren
imperfect mirase mirases mirase mirasenos mirasez mirasen
imperative — tú — — busatros
busatras 		—
— mira — — miraz —

References

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Verb

mirar (first-person singular indicative present miro, past participle miráu)

  1. to look (to try to see)
  2. (mirar por) to take care, watch

Noun

mirar m (plural mirares)

  1. look, gaze

Conjugation

Conjugation of mirar
infinitive mirar
gerund mirando
past participle m miráu, f mirada, n mirao, m pl miraos, f pl miraes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present miro mires mira miramos miráis miren
imperfect miraba mirabes miraba mirábemos, mirábamos mirabeis, mirabais miraben
preterite miré mirasti, miresti miró miremos mirastis, mirestis miraron
pluperfect mirare, mirara mirares, miraras mirare, mirara miráremos, miráramos mirareis, mirarais miraren, miraran
future miraré mirarás mirará miraremos miraréis mirarán
conditional miraría miraríes miraría miraríemos, miraríamos miraríeis, miraríais miraríen
subjunctive present mire mires, miras mire miremos miréis miren, miran
imperfect mirare, mirara mirares, miraras mirare, mirara miráremos, miráramos mirareis, mirarais miraren, miraran
imperative — mira — — mirái —

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirí, past participle mirat)

  1. to look, to look at, to watch
  2. (mirar de) to try

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar (first conjugation)
infinitive mirar
gerund mirant
past participle masculine feminine
singular mirat mirada
plural mirats mirades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present miro mires mira mirem mireu miren
imperfect mirava miraves mirava miràvem miràveu miraven
future miraré miraràs mirarà mirarem mirareu miraran
preterite mirí mirares mirà miràrem miràreu miraren
conditional miraria miraries miraria miraríem miraríeu mirarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present miri miris miri mirem mireu mirin
imperfect mirés miressis mirés miréssim miréssiu miressin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — mira miri mirem mireu mirin
negative (no) — no miris no miri no mirem no mireu no mirin

Derived terms

References

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirei, past participle mirado)

  1. to look
    Synonyms: ollar, ver
  2. to watch, to observe
    Synonym: ollar
  3. (transitive with para) to look at
    Mira pra min! ― Look at me!
  4. (regional, western) to see
    Synonym: ver
    Non che mirín na feira! ― I didn't see you at the fair!
  5. (transitive with de) to try
    Synonyms: intentar, tentar
  6. (transitive with por) to look after; to watch out
    Synonym: coidar
    Mira polos cativos! ― Look after the kids!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal mirar
Personal mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes miraren
Gerund
mirando
Past participle
Masculine mirado mirados
Feminine mirada miradas
Indicative
Present miro miras mira miramos mirades miran
Imperfect miraba mirabas miraba mirabamos mirabades miraban
Preterite mirei miraches mirou miramos mirastes miraron
Pluperfect mirara miraras mirara miraramos mirarades miraran
Future mirarei mirarás mirará miraremos miraredes mirarán
Conditional miraría mirarías miraría mirariamos mirariades mirarían
Subjunctive
Present mire mires mire miremos miredes miren
Imperfect mirase mirases mirase mirásemos mirásedes mirasen
Future mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes miraren
Imperative
Affirmative mira mire miremos mirade miren
Negative (non) non mires non mire non miremos non miredes non miren
    Reintegrated conjugation of mirar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal mirar
Personal mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes mirarem
Gerund
mirando
Past participle
Masculine mirado mirados
Feminine mirada miradas
Indicative
Present miro miras mira miramos mirades, mirais miram
Imperfect mirava miravas mirava mirávamos mirávades, miráveis, mirávais1 miravam
Preterite mirei miraste, mirache1 mirou miramos mirastes mirárom, miraram
Pluperfect mirara miraras mirara miráramos mirárades, miráreis, mirárais1 miraram
Future mirarei mirarás mirará miraremos miraredes, mirareis mirarám, mirarão
Conditional miraria mirarias miraria miraríamos miraríades, miraríeis, miraríais1 mirariam
Subjunctive
Present mire mires mire miremos miredes, mireis mirem
Imperfect mirasse mirasses mirasse mirássemos mirássedes, mirásseis mirassem
Future mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes mirarem
Imperative
Affirmative mira mire miremos mirade, mirai mirem
Negative (nom) nom mires nom mire nom miremos nom miredes, nom mireis nom mirem

1Less recommended.

Related terms

Noun

mirar m (plural mirares)

  1. gaze, stare, way of looking
    Synonyms: mirada, ollar
    • 1895, Heraclio Pérez Placer, Contos da Terriña:
      Calquer pensara que un meigallo se lle meteu no corpo, ó ver como cambeou de súpeto. Esborrouse da súa boca a sonrisa pracenteira, fuxiu dos ollos o mirar churruscandeiro, velado agora por humedeceres de bágoas
      Anyone would think that a spell has entered her body, seeing how she changed all of the sudden: the pleasant smile fade from her mouth and the lively gaze fled from her eyes, clouded now by the wetness of the tears

References

  • “mirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mirar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mirar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “mirar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mirar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • “mirar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Spanish mirar, Portuguese mirar (“to aim”), dated French mirer (“stare”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mirar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מיראר)

  1. (transitive) to look at; to watch
    • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1:
      Eliau Anavi ke lo estava mirando d'enfrente se aserko de el i le disho: Dime ombre, deke estas de negra umor ?
      The prophet Elijah, who was watching him from across, approached him and said: Tell me, man, why are you in a bad mood?
  2. (intransitive) to look

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mirar ?

  1. carcass

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mirar m

  1. indefinite plural of mir

Anagrams

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mirar

  1. to look
  2. to watch, to observe

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: mirar
  • Portuguese: mirar

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mi‧rar

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirei, past participle mirado)

  1. (poetic) to see; to observe
    Synonyms: contemplar, enxergar, espreitar, observar, olhar, ver
  2. to sight; to aim (to point a weapon towards the target)
    Synonym: apontar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal mirar
Personal mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes mirarem
Gerund
mirando
Past participle
Masculine mirado mirados
Feminine mirada miradas
Indicative
Present miro miras mira miramos mirais miram
Imperfect mirava miravas mirava mirávamos miráveis miravam
Preterite mirei miraste mirou miramos1, mirámos2 mirastes miraram
Pluperfect mirara miraras mirara miráramos miráreis miraram
Future mirarei mirarás mirará miraremos mirareis mirarão
Conditional miraria mirarias miraria miraríamos miraríeis mirariam
Subjunctive
Present mire mires mire miremos mireis mirem
Imperfect mirasse mirasses mirasse mirássemos mirásseis mirassem
Future mirar mirares mirar mirarmos mirardes mirarem
Imperative
Affirmative mira mire miremos mirai mirem
Negative (não) não mires não mire não miremos não mireis não mirem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Ladino mirar (“look at”), Portuguese mirar (“see, aim”), dated French mirer (“stare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mi‧rar

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite miré, past participle mirado)

  1. (transitive) to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
  2. (transitive) to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
    Estábamos mirando la televisión.
    We were watching TV.
  3. (transitive) to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
  4. (transitive) to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
  5. (transitive, usually in the imperative) used for emphasis; look
    Synonym: he aquí
    ¡Mira qué linda!
    How pretty!
    ¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto.
    Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed.
    ¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engañó, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros!
    Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him!
  6. (transitive) to seek, look for (to try to find)
  7. (intransitive) to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
  8. (intransitive, of a structure) to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)
  9. (reflexive) to look at oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mirar
gerund mirando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mirado mirada
plural mirados miradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present miro mirastú
mirásvos 		mira miramos miráis miran
imperfect miraba mirabas miraba mirábamos mirabais miraban
preterite miré miraste miró miramos mirasteis miraron
future miraré mirarás mirará miraremos miraréis mirarán
conditional miraría mirarías miraría miraríamos miraríais mirarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mire mirestú
mirésvos2 		mire miremos miréis miren
imperfect
(ra) 		mirara miraras mirara miráramos mirarais miraran
imperfect
(se) 		mirase mirases mirase mirásemos miraseis mirasen
future1 mirare mirares mirare miráremos mirareis miraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative miratú
mirávos 		mire miremos mirad miren
negative no mires no mire no miremos no miréis no miren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mirar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive mirar
dative mirarme mirarte mirarle, mirarse mirarnos miraros mirarles, mirarse
accusative mirarme mirarte mirarlo, mirarla, mirarse mirarnos miraros mirarlos, mirarlas, mirarse
with gerund mirando
dative mirándome mirándote mirándole, mirándose mirándonos mirándoos mirándoles, mirándose
accusative mirándome mirándote mirándolo, mirándola, mirándose mirándonos mirándoos mirándolos, mirándolas, mirándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mira
dative mírame mírate mírale míranos not used mírales
accusative mírame mírate míralo, mírala míranos not used míralos, míralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mirá
dative mirame mirate mirale miranos not used mirales
accusative mirame mirate miralo, mirala miranos not used miralos, miralas
with formal second-person singular imperative mire
dative míreme not used mírele, mírese mírenos not used míreles
accusative míreme not used mírelo, mírela, mírese mírenos not used mírelos, mírelas
with first-person plural imperative miremos
dative not used mirémoste mirémosle mirémonos mirémoos mirémosles
accusative not used mirémoste mirémoslo, mirémosla mirémonos mirémoos mirémoslos, mirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mirad
dative miradme not used miradle miradnos miraos miradles
accusative miradme not used miradlo, miradla miradnos miraos miradlos, miradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative miren
dative mírenme not used mírenle mírennos not used mírenles, mírense
accusative mírenme not used mírenlo, mírenla mírennos not used mírenlos, mírenlas, mírense

Derived terms

See also

  • ver (“to see”)

Further reading

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