mimar
Spanish, verb/miˈmaɾ/
mimar is spelled M-I-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pamper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar cariño y/o caricias”.
What does mimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pamper
- 2
to look after
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar cariño y/o caricias. 2. Tratar con indulgencia y condescendencia innecesarias o excesivas, en especial a un niño.
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 mimar
- mimo first-person present singular
- mimé first-person preterite singular
- mimado participle past
- mimando gerund
- mimada feminine participle past
- mimados masculine participle past
- mimadas feminine participle past
- mimas indicative informal present
- mimás indicative informal present
- mima indicative present singular
- mimamos first-person indicative plural
- mimáis indicative plural present
- miman indicative plural present
- mimaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mimabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mimábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mimabais imperfect indicative plural
- mimaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mimar?
- /miˈmaɾ/
- [miˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mimar in Spanish?
mimar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).