# imita
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmita/ [iˈmi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imita/ [i.mi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* Short form of imitatu (“to imitate”).

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [iˈmi.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iˈmi.ta]

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iˈmita]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Adjective

imita (accusative singular imitan, plural imitaj, accusative plural imitajn)
* mock
    Synonyms: falsa, ŝajniga

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.mi.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

imita
* third-person singular past historic of imiter

### Anagrams

* mitai

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmita/ [iˈmi.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

imita
* present of imitar
* imperative of imitar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mi.ta/
* Rhymes: -imita
* Hyphenation: ì‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈi.mi.taː/, [ˈɪmɪt̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.mi.ta/, [ˈiːmit̪ä]

### Verb

imitā
* second-person singular present active imperative of imitō

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian imitare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiː.mɪ.ta/

### Verb

imita (imperfect jimita, past participle imitat, verbal noun imitar)
* to imitate, to copy, to mimic

#### Related terms

* imitabbli
* imitattiv
* imitatur
* imitazzjoni
* inimitabbilità
* inimitabbli

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmi.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (most dialects) -itɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ita
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* имита (imita) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French imiter, from Latin imitari.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.miˈta/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

a imita (third-person singular present imită, past participle imitat) 1st conjugation
* to imitate

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* imita in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmita/ [iˈmi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta

### Verb

imita
* inflection of imitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative