imitare

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

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

  • IPA(key): /i.miˈta.re/

Noun

imitare f (plural imitări)

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

Declension

Spanish

Verb

imitare

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