imitador

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imitātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈdoʁ/ [i.mi.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈdoʁ/ [i.mi.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈdoʁ/ [i.mi.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mi.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mi.tɐˈdoɾ/ [i.mi.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mi.tɐˈdoɾ/ [i.mi.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mi.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [i.mi.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧dor

Noun

imitador m (plural imitadores, feminine imitadora, feminine plural imitadoras)

1. imitator (one who imitates or apes another)
2. impressionist (a performer who does impressions)

Related terms

• imitar

Further reading

• “imitador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imitātor. Cognate with English imitator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imitaˈdoɾ/ [i.mi.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta‧dor

Adjective

imitador (feminine imitadora, masculine plural imitadores, feminine plural imitadoras)

1. imitating

Noun

imitador m (plural imitadores, feminine imitadora, feminine plural imitadoras)

1. imitator
2. copycat, wannabe
3. impersonator, impressionist

Derived terms

• pulpo imitador

Related terms

• imitación
• imitar

Further reading

• “imitador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10