# mira
## Asturian
### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmi.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of mirar.

#### Noun

mira f (plural mires)
* look, glance
* intention, aim
* (weaponry) sight, scope
    Synonym: punt de mira

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

##### Usage notes

* The imperative form mira can reduce to mi in colloquial speech when one or more clitic pronouns are attached to the end of the verb.
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## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mirar (“to look”).

### Verb

mirá
* to look; to look; to glance

## French
### Verb

mira
* third-person singular past historic of mirer

### Anagrams

* mari, rami, rima

## Galician
### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ra/
* Rhymes: -ira
* Hyphenation: mì‧ra

### Etymology 1

From mirare.

#### Noun

mira f (plural mire)
* aim
* sight
    Synonym: mirino
* (figurative) aim, goal, purpose, design, objective, purport
    Synonyms: scopo, obiettivo, intenzione
* (surveying) stadia, level staff

##### Related terms

* mirare
* mirino
* prendere la mira
* prendere di mira

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
** Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi Questi cari pargoletti. Ah! pietà di lor ti tocchi Se non hai di te pietà.Look, o Norma, at your knees These darling children. Ah! May pity for them touch you If you have no pity for yourself.(Felice Romani, libretto to Vincenzo Bellini's, Norma, Act 2, Scene 3.)

### Anagrams

* armi, mari, rami, rima

## Ladin
### Noun

mira f (plural mires)
* goal, aim, end

## Latin
### Adjective

mīra
* inflection of mīrus:
** nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### References

* "mira", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Latvian
### Verb

mira
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of mirt

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Italian mira or its Sicilian equivalent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiːra/

### Noun

mira f (plural miri)
* target; aim (e.g. for shooting)
* aim; goal; purpose
    Synonym: għan
    Ma lħaqniex il-miri tagħna. ― We didn’t reach our goals.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese mirar and Spanish mirar.

### Verb

mira
* to see

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ra/
* Rhymes: -ira
* Syllabification: mi‧ra
* Homophone: Mira

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

#### Noun

mira f
* (rare) Alternative form of mirra

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mira f
* (astronomy, geodesy) reference point for azimuth measurements

##### Declension
### Further reading

* mira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾɐ
* Homophone: Mira

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of mirar.

#### Noun

mira f (plural miras)
* sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
* marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)
    Synonym: pontaria
* aim (ability of someone to aim straight)
    Você tem uma mira excelente. ― You have excellent aim.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “mira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a mira (third-person singular present miră, past participle mirat) 1st conjugation
* (reflexive, a se mira) to wonder
* (reflexive) to be astounded, amazed, surprised
* (transitive) to astound, amaze
* (regional, Transylvania) to see to

#### Synonyms

* minuna

#### Related terms

* minune

#### See also

* uimi

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

mira (Cyrillic spelling мира)
* genitive singular of mir

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmi.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: mi‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of mirar.

#### Noun

mira f (plural miras)
* target
* purpose, object
* sight (of a weapon)

##### Derived terms

* alteza de miras
* altura de miras
* andar a la mira
* ángulo de mira
* con miras a
* estar a la mira
* estrecho de miras
* línea de mira
* mira larga
* mira telescópica
* miras de proa
* mirilla
* poner la mira en
* punto de mira
* quedar a la mira

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mira
* inflection of mirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mira”, 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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mier.

### Noun

mira
* ant

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmiː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: mi‧ra

### Adjective

mira (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ) (Rizal, colloquial)
* Clipping of primera (“too; very”).
    Mirang ganda ng kapatid niya.Her sibling is very beautiful.(literally, “Firstness in beauty of her sibling.”)