imitate

imitar

Copiar la manera en que alguien actúa, se mueve o habla.

En inglés sencillo: To copy the way someone acts, moves, or speaks.

• Children often imitate their parents.
• He imitated the teacher’s voice perfectly.
• Can your bird imitate human speech?

Sinónimos: copy, mimic

Expresiones frecuentes: imitate someone, imitate a voice, imitate an accent

imitar

Hacer que algo se parezca a otra cosa o funcione como ella, tomándola como modelo.

En inglés sencillo: To make something look or work like another thing by using it as a model.

• This plastic imitates wood.
• The artist imitated the style of an older painting.
• These tiles imitate the appearance of natural stone.

Sinónimos: copy, reproduce

Expresiones frecuentes: imitate a style, imitate something, imitate a design