impersonate

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• /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P ER1 S AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English impersonate From im- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: олицетворявам (olicetvorjavam) — assume the identity of
• Catalan: imitar — assume the identity of
• Catalan: suplantar — assume the identity of
• Catalan: fer-se passar per — assume the identity of
• Chinese Mandarin: 假冒 (jiǎmaò) — assume the identity of
• Esperanto: imiti — assume the identity of
• Finnish: esiintyä — assume the identity of
• Finnish: esittää — assume the identity of
• French: imiter — assume the identity of
• German: sich ausgeben als — assume the identity of
• German: nachahmen — assume the identity of
• German: verkörpern — assume the identity of
• Portuguese: imitar — assume the identity of
• Portuguese: passar por — assume the identity of
• Portuguese: passar-se por — assume the identity of
• Russian: имперсонировать (impersonirovatʹ) — assume the identity of
• Russian: выдавать себя за (vydavatʹ sebja za) — assume the identity of
• Spanish: hacerse pasar por — assume the identity of
• Spanish: empersonar — assume the identity of
• Zulu: ukulingisela — assume the identity of
• Catalan: encarnar — embody, personify