mimetizar especialmente (Latinoamérica)
mimetizar
mimetizar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to copy)
a. to imitate
Los violines mimetizan el canto de los pájaros.The violins imitate the singing of birds.
mimetizarse
A reflexive verb is a verb that indicates that the subject performs an action on itself (e.g. Miguel se lava.).
2. (to conceal oneself)
a. to camouflage oneself
Lucas se puso una máscara y se mimetizó entre los participantes de la fiesta de disfraces.Lucas put on a mask and camouflaged himself among the participants of the costume party.
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
3. (to take on the pigment of one's surroundings)
a. to change color (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Los camaleones se mimetizan como mecanismo de defensa.Chameleons change color as a defense mechanism.
b. to change colour (United Kingdom)
El camaleón se metió entre las hojas caídas y se mimetizó para ocultarse.The chameleon went under the fallen leaves and changed colour to hide.
mimetizartransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (general)
a. to copy, to imitate
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