mimetizar
Portuguese, verb/mi.me.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
mimetizar is spelled M-I-M-E-T-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimetizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mimic (to take on the appearance of something else, for protection or camouflage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utilizar-se de mimetismo para adquirir uma certa forma”.
What does mimetizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mimic (to take on the appearance of something else, for protection or camouflage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. utilizar-se de mimetismo para adquirir uma certa forma
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 mimetizar
- mimetizo first-person present singular
- mimetizei first-person preterite singular
- mimetizado participle past
- mimetizares infinitive second-person singular
- mimetizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mimetizardes infinitive plural second-person
- mimetizarem infinitive plural third-person
- mimetizando gerund
- mimetizados masculine participle past
- mimetizada feminine participle past
- mimetizadas feminine participle past
- mimetizas indicative present second-person
- mimetiza indicative present singular
- mimetizamos first-person indicative plural
- mimetizais indicative plural present
- mimetizam indicative plural present
- mimetizava first-person imperfect indicative
- mimetizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mimetizar?
- Brazil /mi.me.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mi.me.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- /mi.me.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mimetizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mimetizar in Portuguese?
mimetizar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).