imitar
Spanish, verb/imiˈtaɾ/
imitar is spelled I-M-I-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to imitate, to mimic, to ape, to copy, to copycat, to impersonate, to simulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ejecutar una cosa a imagen o semejanza de otra”.
What does imitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imitate, to mimic, to ape, to copy, to copycat, to impersonate, to simulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ejecutar una cosa a imagen o semejanza de otra.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of imitar
- imito first-person present singular
- imité first-person preterite singular
- imitado participle past
- imitando gerund
- imitada feminine participle past
- imitados masculine participle past
- imitadas feminine participle past
- imitas indicative informal present
- imitás indicative informal present
- imita indicative present singular
- imitamos first-person indicative plural
- imitáis indicative plural present
- imitan indicative plural present
- imitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- imitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- imitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imitabais imperfect indicative plural
- imitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imitar?
- /imiˈtaɾ/
- [i.miˈt̪aɾ]
- [imiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imitar in Spanish?
imitar appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).