B1🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
imitare
to imitate, to mimic
Looks like
imitate
to copy the actions or style of someone
⚠️ The trap
True cognate in meaning. Trap: 'imitazione' can mean a fake/counterfeit product in Italian — 'questa borsa è un'imitazione' = 'this bag is a fake/imitation'. In English you'd say 'fake' or 'knockoff' rather than 'imitation' in this context.
To say "to copy the actions or style of someone" in Italian:
imitare (true cognate)
"imitare" in English means:
to imitate, to mimic
Example
"Sa imitare perfettamente l'accento napoletano."
"He can perfectly imitate the Neapolitan accent."
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