imitação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imitātiōnem. By surface analysis, imitar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [i.mi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mi.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧ção

Noun

imitação f (plural imitações)

imitation (act of imitating)
imitation; mock; copy

Further reading

“imitação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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