mimar
Portuguese, verb/miˈma(ʁ)/
mimar is spelled M-I-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pamper; to spoil (to treat with excessive care, to indulge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar mimo a; tratar com mimo”.
What does mimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pamper; to spoil (to treat with excessive care, to indulge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar mimo a; tratar com mimo 2. acariciar 3. acostumar mal alguém, tornar dependente; tornar alguém indulgente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mimar
- mimo first-person present singular
- mimei first-person preterite singular
- mimado participle past
- mimares infinitive second-person singular
- mimarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mimardes infinitive plural second-person
- mimarem infinitive plural third-person
- mimando gerund
- mimados masculine participle past
- mimada feminine participle past
- mimadas feminine participle past
- mimas indicative present second-person
- mima indicative present singular
- mimamos first-person indicative plural
- mimais indicative plural present
- mimam indicative plural present
- mimava first-person imperfect indicative
- mimavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mimar?
- Brazil /miˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [miˈma(h)]
- Portugal /mi.ˈmaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
mimar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).