mime

el/la mimo

imitar

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (performer)

a. el mimo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

, la mimo

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The mime made people laugh with her exaggerated gestures.La mimo hizo reír a la gente con sus gestos exagerados.

The mime was pretending to lift a heavy object.El mimo estaba simulando cargar un objeto pesado.

2. (performance)

a. la pantomima

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The children performed a short mime in class.Los niños interpretaron una breve pantomima en clase.

3. (expression through gestures)

a. la mímica

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Harpo would do his sketches in mime.Harpo hacía sus sketches con mímica.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

4. (to act out in the manner of a mime)

a. imitar

Billy mimed the teacher's gestures so well that everyone laughed.Billy imitaba tan bien los gestos de la maestra que todos se reían.

b. hacer como que

Liz mimed playing the guitar.Liz hizo como que tocaba la guitarra.

c. expresar con gestos

She didn't know how to say "I'm tired," so she mimed it.No sabía cómo se decía "estoy cansada", así que lo expresó con gestos.

d. representar con mímica

One of the players mimes a movie and the others have to guess the title.Uno de los jugadores representa con mímica una película y los otros tienen que adivinar el título.

5. (to pretend to sing)

a. cantar haciendo playback

When it became clear that the singer was miming the song, the audience started booing.Cuando quedó claro que el cantante cantaba la canción haciendo playback, el público comenzó a abuchearlo.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

6. (to express oneself through gestures)

a. hacer mímica

I lost my voice, so I had to mime.Me quedé sin voz, así que tuve que hacer mímica.

7. (to pretend to sing; used with "to")

a. hacer playback

All the artists in this TV show mime to their songs.En este programa de televisión todos los cantantes hacen playback.

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