imitare

imitare

1. inflection of imitar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

From Latin imitārī.

• IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tà‧re

• Treccani marks the variant pronunciation io imìto as "rare or poetic"; Hoepli marks it as uncommon. The traditional-minded Dizionario di Ortografia e Pronuncia specifies the variant pronunciation as "less common today but dominant in the poets". The modern-minded Canepari (Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana) lists the variant pronunciation as less-preferred and aulica (archaic or literary).

imitàre (first-person singular present ìmito, first-person singular past historic imitài, past participle imitàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to imitate, copy, copycat, mimic, ape

   Synonyms: copiare, scimmiottare, fare il verso

2. to forge, fake, counterfeit

   Synonyms: contraffare, falsificare

• aritmie, emirati, imiterà, meritai, miriate, rimiate

imitāre

1. inflection of imitō:
   1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
   2. present active infinitive
2. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of imitor

From imita +‎ -re.

• IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.re/

imitare f (plural imitări)

1. (the act or result of) imitating; imitation

• imitație

imitare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of imitar