imitar
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin imitō.
Verb
imitar (first-person singular indicative present imito, past participle imitáu)
- imitate (to follow as a model)
Conjugation
Conjugation of imitar
| infinitive | imitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | imitando | ||||||
| past participle | m imitáu, f imitada, n imitao, m pl imitaos, f pl imitaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | imito | imites | imita | imitamos | imitáis | imiten |
| imperfect | imitaba | imitabes | imitaba | imitábemos, imitábamos | imitabeis, imitabais | imitaben | |
| preterite | imité | imitasti, imitesti | imitó | imitemos | imitastis, imitestis | imitaron | |
| pluperfect | imitare, imitara | imitares, imitaras | imitare, imitara | imitáremos, imitáramos | imitareis, imitarais | imitaren, imitaran | |
| future | imitaré | imitarás | imitará | imitaremos | imitaréis | imitarán | |
| conditional | imitaría | imitaríes | imitaría | imitaríemos, imitaríamos | imitaríeis, imitaríais | imitaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | imite | imites, imitas | imite | imitemos | imitéis | imiten, imitan |
| imperfect | imitare, imitara | imitares, imitaras | imitare, imitara | imitáremos, imitáramos | imitareis, imitarais | imitaren, imitaran | |
| imperative | — | imita | — | — | imitái | — | |
Related terms
- imitación
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin imitō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.miˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.miˈtaɾ/
Verb
imitar (first-person singular present imito, past participle imitat)
- to imitate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imitar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | imitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | imitant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | imitat | imitada | |||||
| plural | imitats | imitades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | imito | imites | imita | imitem | imiteu | imiten | |
| imperfect | imitava | imitaves | imitava | imitàvem | imitàveu | imitaven | |
| future | imitaré | imitaràs | imitarà | imitarem | imitareu | imitaran | |
| preterite | imití | imitares | imità | imitàrem | imitàreu | imitaren | |
| conditional | imitaria | imitaries | imitaria | imitaríem | imitaríeu | imitarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | imiti | imitis | imiti | imitem | imiteu | imitin | |
| imperfect | imités | imitessis | imités | imitéssim | imitéssiu | imitessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | imita | imiti | imitem | imiteu | imitin | ||
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, 2023
- “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
From Latin imitāre (“to copy, mimic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imiˈtaɾ/
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
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to resemble, to look like someone
- Imítase moito ao seu pai
- He looks a lot like his father
- Imítase moito ao seu pai
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of imitar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of imitar
Conjugation
Conjugation of imitar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | imitar | |||||
| personal | imitar | imitares | imitar | imitarmos | imitardes | imitaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| imitando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | imitado | imitados | ||||
| feminine | imitada | imitadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | imito | imitas | imita | imitamos | imitades | imitan |
| imperfect | imitaba | imitabas | imitaba | imitabamos | imitabades | imitaban |
| preterite | imitei | imitaches | imitou | imitamos | imitastes | imitaron |
| pluperfect | imitara | imitaras | imitara | imitaramos | imitarades | imitaran |
| future | imitarei | imitarás | imitará | imitaremos | imitaredes | imitarán |
| conditional | imitaría | imitarías | imitaría | imitariamos | imitariades | imitarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | imite | imites | imite | imitemos | imitedes | imiten |
| preterite | imitase | imitases | imitase | imitásemos | imitásedes | imitasen |
| future | imitar | imitares | imitar | imitarmos | imitardes | imitaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | imita | imite | imitemos | imitade | imiten |
| negative | – | imites | imite | imitemos | imitedes | imiten |
Related terms
- imitación
- imitador
References
- “imitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “imitar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “imitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Verb
imitar (present tense imitas, past tense imitis, future tense imitos, imperative imitez, conditional imitus)
- to imitate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imitar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imitar | imitir | imitor | ||||
| tense | imitas | imitis | imitos | ||||
| conditional | imitus | ||||||
| imperative | imitez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | imitanta | imitinta | imitonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | imitante | imitinte | imitonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | imitanto | imitinto | imitonto | |||
| plural | imitanti | imitinti | imitonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | imitata | imitita | imitota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | imitate | imitite | imitote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | imitato | imitito | imitoto | |||
| plural | imitati | imititi | imitoti | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imitārī.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.miˈta(ʁ)/ [i.miˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /i.miˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /i.miˈta(ʁ)/ [i.miˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.miˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.miˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tar
Verb
imitar (first-person singular present imito, first-person singular preterite imitei, past participle imitado)
- to imitate, mimic
Conjugation
Conjugation of imitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | imitar | |||||
| Personal | imitar | imitares | imitar | imitarmos | imitardes | imitarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| imitando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | imitado | imitados | ||||
| Feminine | imitada | imitadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | imito | imitas | imita | imitamos | imitais | imitam |
| Imperfect | imitava | imitavas | imitava | imitávamos | imitáveis | imitavam |
| Preterite | imitei | imitaste | imitou | imitamos1, imitámos2 | imitastes | imitaram |
| Pluperfect | imitara | imitaras | imitara | imitáramos | imitáreis | imitaram |
| Future | imitarei | imitarás | imitará | imitaremos | imitareis | imitarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| imitaria | imitarias | imitaria | imitaríamos | imitaríeis | imitariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | imite | imites | imite | imitemos | imiteis | imitem |
| Imperfect | imitasse | imitasses | imitasse | imitássemos | imitásseis | imitassem |
| Future | imitar | imitares | imitar | imitarmos | imitardes | imitarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | imita | imite | imitemos | imitai | imitem | |
| Negative (não) | não imites | não imite | não imitemos | não imiteis | não imitem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- imitação
- imitador
Further reading
- “imitar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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
Conjugation of imitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | imitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | imitando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | imitado | imitada | |||||
| plural | imitados | imitadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | imito | imitastú imitásvos | imita | imitamos | imitáis | imitan | |
| imperfect | imitaba | imitabas | imitaba | imitábamos | imitabais | imitaban | |
| preterite | imité | imitaste | imitó | imitamos | imitasteis | imitaron | |
| future | imitaré | imitarás | imitará | imitaremos | imitaréis | imitarán | |
| conditional | imitaría | imitarías | imitaría | imitaríamos | imitaríais | imitarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | imite | imitestú imitésvos2 | imite | imitemos | imitéis | imiten | |
| imperfect (ra) | imitara | imitaras | imitara | imitáramos | imitarais | imitaran | |
| imperfect (se) | imitase | imitases | imitase | imitásemos | imitaseis | imitasen | |
| future1 | imitare | imitares | imitare | imitáremos | imitareis | imitaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | imitatú imitávos | imite | imitemos | imitad | imiten | ||
| negative | no imites | no imite | no imitemos | no imitéis | no imiten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of imitar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive imitar | |||||||
| dative | imitarme | imitarte | imitarle, imitarse | imitarnos | imitaros | imitarles, imitarse | |
| accusative | imitarme | imitarte | imitarlo, imitarla, imitarse | imitarnos | imitaros | imitarlos, imitarlas, imitarse | |
| with gerund imitando | |||||||
| dative | imitándome | imitándote | imitándole, imitándose | imitándonos | imitándoos | imitándoles, imitándose | |
| accusative | imitándome | imitándote | imitándolo, imitándola, imitándose | imitándonos | imitándoos | imitándolos, imitándolas, imitándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative imita | |||||||
| dative | imítame | imítate | imítale | imítanos | not used | imítales | |
| accusative | imítame | imítate | imítalo, imítala | imítanos | not used | imítalos, imítalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative imitá | |||||||
| dative | imitame | imitate | imitale | imitanos | not used | imitales | |
| accusative | imitame | imitate | imitalo, imitala | imitanos | not used | imitalos, imitalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative imite | |||||||
| dative | imíteme | not used | imítele, imítese | imítenos | not used | imíteles | |
| accusative | imíteme | not used | imítelo, imítela, imítese | imítenos | not used | imítelos, imítelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative imitemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | imitémoste | imitémosle | imitémonos | imitémoos | imitémosles | |
| accusative | not used | imitémoste | imitémoslo, imitémosla | imitémonos | imitémoos | imitémoslos, imitémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative imitad | |||||||
| dative | imitadme | not used | imitadle | imitadnos | imitaos | imitadles | |
| accusative | imitadme | not used | imitadlo, imitadla | imitadnos | imitaos | imitadlos, imitadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative imiten | |||||||
| dative | imítenme | not used | imítenle | imítennos | not used | imítenles, imítense | |
| accusative | imítenme | not used | imítenlo, imítenla | imítennos | not used | imítenlos, imítenlas, imítense | |
Related terms
- imitación
- imitador
Further reading
- “imitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014