imitować
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adapted borrowing of French imiter + -ować.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]imitować impf (perfective zimitować)
- (transitive) to imitate, to ape, to copycat, to emulate, to follow, to mimic (to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart, or semblance of)
- Synonym: naśladować
- (transitive) to imitate (to replace some thing with another, similar to it in some respect)
- Ta podłoga imituje drewno. ― This floor looks like it is made of wood.
- (reflexive with się) to imitate each other
- Synonym: naśladować się
Conjugation
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Further reading
[edit]- imitować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- imitować się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- imitować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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