# simular
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/

### Adjective

simular (comparative more simular, superlative most simular)
* (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit

### Noun

simular (plural simulars)
* (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], 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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “simular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* Muralis

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semblar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [si.muˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [si.muˈlaɾ]

### Verb

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

#### Related terms

* simulació

### Further reading

* “simular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “simular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semelhar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.muˈla(ʁ)/ [si.muˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.muˈla(ʁ)/ [si.muˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /si.muˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /si.muˈla(ʁ)/ [si.muˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /si.muˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.muˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.muˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /si.muˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: si‧mu‧lar

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* simulação

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semejar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /simuˈlaɾ/ [si.muˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: si‧mu‧lar

### Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulé, past participle simulado)
* to feign, to pretend
    Synonyms: fingir, pretender
* to simulate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* disimular
* similar
* simulación
* simulacro
* simulador

### Further reading

* “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