simular
Portuguese, verb/si.muˈla(ʁ)/
simular is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to simulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fingir”.
What does simular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to simulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fingir 2. aparentar 3. disfarçar
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 simular
- simulo first-person present singular
- simulei first-person preterite singular
- simulado participle past
- simulares infinitive second-person singular
- simularmos first-person infinitive plural
- simulardes infinitive plural second-person
- simularem infinitive plural third-person
- simulando gerund
- simulados masculine participle past
- simulada feminine participle past
- simuladas feminine participle past
- simulas indicative present second-person
- simula indicative present singular
- simulamos first-person indicative plural
- simulais indicative plural present
- simulam indicative plural present
- simulava first-person imperfect indicative
- simulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simular?
- Brazil /si.muˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [si.muˈla(h)]
- /si.muˈla(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 simular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simular in Portuguese?
simular appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).