Meaning
to emulate
- to try to equal or surpass someone by imitating them
- to reproduce the function of another system (computing)
In a sentence
Il giovane atleta cerca sempre di emulare i grandi campioni.
The young athlete always tries to emulate the great champions.
Questo software può emulare vecchi videogiochi senza problemi.
This software can emulate old video games without any problems.
Non dovresti emulare i suoi comportamenti sbagliati.
You should not emulate his bad behaviors.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| emulare | infinitive |
| emulo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| emuli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emula | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emuliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| emulate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emulano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emulavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| emulavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| emulava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| emulavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| emulavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| emulavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| emulai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| emulasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| emulò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| emulammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| emulaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| emularono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| emulerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| emulerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| emulerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| emuleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| emulerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| emuleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| emuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| emuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emuliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| emuliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emulino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| emulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| emulasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| emulassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| emulaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| emulassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| emulerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| emuleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emulerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emuleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| emulereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emulerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emula | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| emuliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| emulate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| emulando | gerund |
| emulato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- A formal transitive verb taking a direct object without prepositions.