heypolyglot
Italian

mimare

/miˈma.re/verbC1
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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)
WordWord forms
mimareinfinitive
mimoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
mimiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
mimaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
mimiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
mimateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
mimanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
mimavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
mimaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
mimavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
mimavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
mimavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
mimavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
mimaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
mimastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
mimòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
mimammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
mimasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
mimaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
mimeròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
mimeraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
mimeràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
mimeremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
mimereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
mimerannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
mimisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
mimisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
mimisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
mimiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
mimiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
miminosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
mimassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
mimassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
mimassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
mimassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
mimastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
mimasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
mimereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
mimeresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
mimerebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
mimeremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
mimeresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
mimerebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
mimaimperative · singular · 2nd person
mimiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
mimateimperative · plural · 2nd person
mimandogerund
mimatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Transitive verb taking a direct object.
  • Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.

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