Meaning
to imitate, copy, mimic
- to imitate, copy, copycat, mimic, ape
- to forge, fake, counterfeit
In a sentence
Non imitare tuo fratello, trova il tuo stile.
Don't imitate your brother, find your own style.
Hai imitato la sua firma per gioco?
Did you imitate his signature as a joke?
Da piccolo imitavo sempre i miei insegnanti.
When I was little, I always imitated my teachers.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| imitare | infinitive |
| imitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| imito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| imitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| imitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| imitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| imitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| imitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| imiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| imiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| imitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| imitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| imitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| imitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| imiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| imiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| imiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| imitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| imita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| imitando | gerund |
| imitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use imitare for copying behavior, style, or sounds. For reproducing a text or image, copiare is usually more natural.
- For fake goods or forged works, imitare is possible, but falsificare or contraffare sounds more precise and common.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho imitato, not sono imitato.