# mirar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Verb

mirar
* (transitive) to watch
* (mirar de) to try
* (transitive) to search

#### Conjugation
### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mirar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* amirar

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Verb

mirar (first-person singular indicative present miro, past participle miráu)
* to look (to try to see)
* (mirar por) to take care, watch

### Noun

mirar m (plural mirares)
* look, gaze

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [miˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [miˈɾaɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirí, past participle mirat)
* to look, to look at, to watch
* (mirar de) to try

#### Derived terms

* a cavall regalat, no li miris el dentat
* mira f
* mirada f

### References

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirei, past participle mirado)
* to look
    Synonyms: ollar, ver
* to watch, to observe
    Synonym: ollar
* (intransitive) to look [with para ‘at’]
    Mira pra min! ― Look at me!
* (regional, western) to see
    Synonym: ver
    Non che mirín na feira! ― I didn't see you at the fair!
* (intransitive) to try [with de]
    Synonyms: intentar, tentar
* (intransitive) to look after; to watch out [with por ‘for’]
    Synonym: coidar
    Mira polos cativos! ― Look after the kids!

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* admirar
* mirada
* miradoiro
* miramento
* miraxe

### Noun

mirar m (plural mirares)
* gaze, stare, way of looking
    Synonyms: mirada, ollar
** 1895, Heraclio Pérez Placer, Contos da Terriña:Calquer pensara que un meigallo se lle meteu no corpo, ó ver como cambeou de súpeto. Esborrouse da súa boca a sonrisa pracenteira, fuxiu dos ollos o mirar churruscandeiro, velado agora por humedeceres de bágoasAnyone would think that a spell has entered her body, seeing how she changed all of the sudden: the pleasant smile fade from her mouth and the lively gaze fled from her eyes, clouded now by the wetness of the tears

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mirar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “mirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mirar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “mirar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mirar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Spanish mirar, Portuguese mirar (“to aim”), dated French mirer (“stare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈrar/

### Verb

mirar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מיראר)
* (transitive) to look at; to watch
** 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1:Eliau Anavi ke lo estava mirando d'enfrente se aserko de el i le disho: Dime ombre, deke estas de negra umor ?The prophet Elijah, who was watching him from across, approached him and said: Tell me, man, why are you in a bad mood?
* (transitive) to obey (a law)
* (intransitive) to look
* (Judaism) to keep mitzvot

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

mirar ?
* carcass

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

mirar m
* indefinite plural of mir

### Anagrams

* rimar

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈɾaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

mirar
* to look
* to watch, to observe

#### Derived terms

* miradoiro

#### Descendants

* Galician: mirar
* Portuguese: mirar

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "mirar"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [miˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [miˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /miˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [miˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /miˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /miˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /miˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /miˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mi‧rar

### Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirei, past participle mirado)
* (poetic) to see; to observe
    Synonyms: contemplar, enxergar, espreitar, observar, olhar, ver
* to sight; to aim (to point a weapon towards the target)
    Synonym: apontar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* mira
* mira-olho
* mirado
* miradouro
* mirante
* mirone

#### Related terms

* admirar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mirar, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Ladino mirar (“look at”), Portuguese mirar (“see, aim”), dated French mirer (“stare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈɾaɾ/ [miˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mi‧rar

### Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite miré, past participle mirado)
* (transitive) to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
* (transitive) to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
    Estábamos mirando la televisión.We were watching TV.
* (transitive) to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
* (transitive) to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
* (transitive, usually in the imperative) used for emphasis; look
    Synonym: he aquí
    ¡Mira qué linda!How pretty!
    ¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto.Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed.
    ¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engañó, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros!Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him!
* (transitive) to seek, look for (to try to find)
* (intransitive) to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
* (intransitive, of a structure) to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)
* (reflexive) to look at oneself

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* a caballo regalado no le mires el diente
* bien mirado
* de mírame y no me toques
* el que adelante no mira, atrás se queda
* mira lo que haces
* mira por dónde
* mira quién habla
* mirada
* mirador
* miramiento
* mirar de hito en hito
* mirar de reojo
* mirar en ese espejo
* mirar las musarañas
* mirar por el rabillo del ojo
* mirar por encima del hombro
* mirón
* poner mirando pa' Cuenca

#### See also

* ver (“to see”)

### Further reading

* “mirar”, 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