Meaning
to mime, act out
- to represent actions, objects, or words silently using gestures and body language
- to imitate or mimic someone's gestures or expressions

In a sentence
L'attore ha mimato il volo di un uccello senza dire una parola.
The actor mimed the flight of a bird without saying a word.
Se non puoi parlare a voce alta, mima quello che vuoi dire.
If you can't speak out loud, mime what you want to say.
I bambini si divertono molto a mimare gli animali dello zoo.
The children have a lot of fun acting out zoo animals.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mimare | infinitive |
| mimo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mimi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mima | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mimiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mimate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mimano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mimavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mimavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mimava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mimavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mimavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mimavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mimai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mimasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mimò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mimammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mimaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mimarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mimerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mimerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mimerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mimeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mimerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mimeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mimi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mimi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mimi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mimiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mimiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mimino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mimassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mimassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mimasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mimassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mimaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mimassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mimerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mimeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mimerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mimeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mimereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mimerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mima | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mimiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mimate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mimando | gerund |
| mimato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive verb taking a direct object.
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.