imita

See also: imitá, imità, and imită

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmita/, [iˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imita/ [i.mi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. Short form of imitatu (“to imitate”).

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iˈmi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iˈmi.ta]

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin imitārī. Cognate with English imitate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈmita]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Adjective

imita (accusative singular imitan, plural imitaj, accusative plural imitajn)

1. mock

   Synonyms: falsa, ŝajniga

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta/

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Verb

imita

1. third-person singular past historic of imiter

Anagrams

• mitai

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmita/ [iˈmi.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

imita

1. present of imitar
2. imperative of imitar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi.ta/
• Rhymes: -imita
• Hyphenation: ì‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

imitā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of imitō

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian imitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.mɪ.ta/

Verb

imita (imperfect jimita, past participle imitat, verbal noun imitar)

1. to imitate, to copy, to mimic

Conjugation

Conjugation of imita
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	imitajt	imitajt	imita		imitajna	imitajtu	imitaw
	f			imitat
imperfect	m	nimita	timita	jimita		nimitaw	timitaw	jimitaw
	f			timita
imperative			imita				imitaw

Related terms

• imitabbli
• imitattiv
• imitatur
• imitazzjoni
• inimitabbilità
• inimitabbli

 

Occitan

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmi.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -itɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ita
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French imiter, from Latin imitari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.miˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

a imita (third-person singular present imită, past participle imitat) 1st conj.

1. to imitate

Conjugation

    conjugation of imita (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a imita
gerund			imitând
past participle			imitat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	imit	imiți	imită	imităm	imitați	imită
	imperfect	imitam	imitai	imita	imitam	imitați	imitau
	simple perfect	imitai	imitași	imită	imitarăm	imitarăți	imitară
	pluperfect	imitasem	imitaseși	imitase	imitaserăm	imitaserăți	imitaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să imit	să imiți	să imite	să imităm	să imitați	să imite
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		imită			imitați
	negative		nu imita			nu imitați

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmita/ [iˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta

Verb

imita

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative