# imitar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin imitō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imiˈtaɾ/ [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

### Verb

imitar (first-person singular indicative present imito, past participle imitáu)
* imitate (to follow as a model)

#### Related terms

* imitación

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imitāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i.miˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i.miˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar
* Homophone: imità (except Valencian)

### Verb

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imití, past participle imitat)
* to imitate

#### Related terms

* imitació
* imitatiu

### Further reading

* “imitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “imitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “imitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “imitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imitāre (“to copy, mimic”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imiˈtaɾ/ [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

### Verb

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imitei, past participle imitado)
* (transitive) to imitate
* (intransitive) to resemble, to look like someone
* (pronominal) to resemble, to look like someone
    Imítase moito ao seu paiHe looks a lot like his father

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* imitación
* imitador

### Further reading

* “imitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “imitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “imitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “imitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “imitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

imitar (present tense imitas, past tense imitis, future tense imitos, imperative imitez, conditional imitus)
* to imitate

#### Conjugation
## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

imitar
* to imitate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | imitar | imitar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | imitante | imitate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | imita | ha imitate |
| active | past | imitava | habeva imitate |
| active | future | imitara | habera imitate |
| active | conditional | imitarea | haberea imitate |
| active | imperative | imita | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es imitate | ha essite imitate |
| passive | past | esseva imitate | habeva essite imitate |
| passive | future | essera imitate | habera essite imitate |
| passive | conditional | esserea imitate | haberea essite imitate |
| passive | imperative | sia imitate | |

#### Related terms

* imitation

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ.mɪˈtaːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

imitar m
* verbal noun of imita

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

imitar
* to imitate

#### Related terms

* imitacion
* imitatiu
* imitator

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 366.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imitārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.miˈta(ʁ)/ [i.miˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /i.miˈta(ʁ)/ [i.miˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /i.miˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /i.miˈta(ʁ)/ [i.miˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /i.miˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.miˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.miˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.miˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar

### Verb

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imitei, past participle imitado)
* to imitate, mimic

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* imitação
* imitador

### Further reading

* “imitar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “imitar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “imitar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “imitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “imitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “imitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imiˈtaɾ/ [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: i‧mi‧tar

### Verb

imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imité, past participle imitado)
* to imitate, to mimic, to ape, to copy, to copycat, to impersonate, 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

* imitación
* imitador

### Further reading

* “imitar”, 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