simular

From Latin simulārius, from simulō (“to simulate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/

simular (comparative more simular, superlative most simular)

1. (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit

simular (plural simulars)

1. (archaic) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 54:

     Hide thee, thou bloody hand,
     Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue
     That art incestuous.

   • 1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures:

     Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.

• Muralis

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semblar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulí, past participle simulat)

1. to simulate

• simulació

• “simular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “simular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “simular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “simular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semellar.

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulei, past participle simulado)

1. to simulate

Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semelhar.

• Hyphenation: si‧mu‧lar

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulei, past participle simulado)

1. to simulate

• simulação

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semejar.

• IPA^(key): /simuˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧mu‧lar

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulé, past participle simulado)

1. to feign, to pretend

   Synonyms: fingir, pretender

2. to simulate

• “simular”, 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