mirar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

mirar

1. (transitive) to watch

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mirar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• amirar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“to be amazed”).

Verb

mirar (first-person singular indicative present miro, past participle miráu)

1. to look (to try to see)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mirar

infinitive		mirar
gerund		mirando
past participle		m miráu, f mirada, n mirao, m pl miraos, f pl miraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	miro	mires	mira	miramos	miráis	miren
	imperfect	miraba	mirabes	miraba	mirábemos, mirábamos	mirabeis, mirabais	miraben
	preterite	miré	mirasti, miresti	miró	miremos	mirastis, mirestis	miraron
	pluperfect	mirare, mirara	mirares, miraras	mirare, mirara	miráremos, miráramos	mirareis, mirarais	miraren, miraran
	future	miraré	mirarás	mirará	miraremos	miraréis	mirarán
	conditional	miraría	miraríes	miraría	miraríemos, miraríamos	miraríeis, miraríais	miraríen
subjunctive	present	mire	mires, miras	mire	miremos	miréis	miren, miran
	imperfect	mirare, mirara	mirares, miraras	mirare, mirara	miráremos, miráramos	mirareis, mirarais	miraren, miraran
imperative		—	mira	—	—	mirái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mirar, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“admire, marvel at”).

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, past participle mirat)

1. to look, to look at, to watch
2. (mirar de) to try

Conjugation

Conjugation of mirar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mirar
present participle			mirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mirat		mirada
		plural		mirats		mirades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	miro	mires	mira	mirem	mireu	miren
	imperfect	mirava	miraves	mirava	miràvem	miràveu	miraven
	future	miraré	miraràs	mirarà	mirarem	mirareu	miraran
	preterite	mirí	mirares	mirà	miràrem	miràreu	miraren
	conditional	miraria	miraries	miraria	miraríem	miraríeu	mirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	miri	miris	miri	mirem	mireu	mirin
	imperfect	mirés	miressis	mirés	miréssim	miréssiu	miressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	mira	miri	mirem	mireu	mirin

Derived terms

• mirada f

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mirar, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“admire, marvel at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɾaɾ/

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite mirei, past participle mirado)

1. to look

   Synonyms: ollar, ver

2. to watch, to observe

   Synonym: ollar

3. (regional) to see

   Synonym: ver

4. (transitive with por) to look after; to watch out

   Mira polos cativos! ― Look after the kids!

   Synonym: coidar

5. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of mirar
6. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of mirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar

infinitive			mirar
gerund			mirando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		mirado		mirados
		feminine		mirada		miradas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	miro	miras	mira	miramos	mirades	miran
	imperfect	miraba	mirabas	miraba	mirabamos	mirabades	miraban
	preterite	mirei	miraches	mirou	miramos	mirastes	miraron
	pluperfect	mirara	miraras	mirara	miraramos	mirarades	miraran
	future	mirarei	mirarás	mirará	miraremos	miraredes	mirarán
	conditional	miraría	mirarías	miraría	mirariamos	mirariades	mirarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	mire	mires	mire	miremos	miredes	miren
	preterite	mirase	mirases	mirase	mirásemos	mirásedes	mirasen
	future	mirar	mirares	mirar	mirarmos	mirardes	miraren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	mira	mire	miremos	mirade	miren
	negative	—	mires	mire	miremos	miredes	miren
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		mirar	mirares	mirar	mirarmos	mirardes	miraren

Related terms

• admirar
• mirada
• miradoiro
• miramento
• miraxe

References

• “mirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mirar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mirar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mirar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Kurdish

Noun

mirar ?

1. carcass (dead animal)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at carcass. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mirar in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2008

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish mirar, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from the deponent Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“admire, marvel at”). Compare Spanish mirar, Portuguese mirar (“to aim”), dated French mirer (“to stare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈrar/

Verb

mirar (Latin spelling)

1. (transitive) to look at; to watch
   • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1:

     Eliau Anavi ke lo estava mirando d'enfrente se aserko de el i le disho: Dime ombre, deke estas de negra umor ?

     The prophet Elijah, who was watching him from across, approached him and said: Tell me, man, why are you in a bad mood?

2. (intransitive) to look

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mirar, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“admire, marvel at”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈɾa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈɾa(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈɾaɾ/

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present indicative miro, past participle mirado)

1. (poetic) to see; to observe
2. to sight; to aim (to point a weapon towards the target)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb mirar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mirar
Personal	mirar	mirares	mirar	mirarmos	mirardes	mirarem
Gerund
	mirando
Past participle
Masculine	mirado			mirados
Feminine	mirada			miradas
Indicative
Present	miro	miras	mira	miramos	mirais	miram
Imperfect	mirava	miravas	mirava	mirávamos	miráveis	miravam
Preterite	mirei	miraste	mirou	miramos mirámos	mirastes	miraram
Pluperfect	mirara	miraras	mirara	miráramos	miráreis	miraram
Future	mirarei	mirarás	mirará	miraremos	mirareis	mirarão
Conditional
	miraria	mirarias	miraria	miraríamos	miraríeis	mirariam
Subjunctive
Present	mire	mires	mire	miremos	mireis	mirem
Imperfect	mirasse	mirasses	mirasse	mirássemos	mirásseis	mirassem
Future	mirar	mirares	mirar	mirarmos	mirardes	mirarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	mira	mire	miremos	mirai	mirem
Negative (não)	-	mires	mire	miremos	mireis	mirem

Synonyms

• (observe): contemplar, enxergar, espreitar, observar, olhar, ver
• (aim): apontar

Derived terms

• mira-olho
• mira-sol

Related terms

• mira
• mirado
• miradouro
• mirante

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mirar, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from the deponent Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“admire, marvel at”). Compare Ladino mirar, Portuguese mirar (“to aim”), dated French mirer (“to stare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɾaɾ/

Verb

mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite miré, past participle mirado)

1. (transitive) to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
2. (transitive) to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)

   Estábamos mirando la televisión.

   We were watching TV.

3. (transitive) to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
4. (transitive) to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
5. (transitive, usually in the imperative) used for emphasis; look

   ¡Mira qué linda! ― How pretty!

6. (transitive) to seek, look for (to try to find)
7. (intransitive) to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
8. (intransitive, of a structure) to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			mirar
gerund			mirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mirado		mirada
		plural		mirados		miradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	miro	mirastú mirásvos	mira	miramos	miráis	miran
	imperfect	miraba	mirabas	miraba	mirábamos	mirabais	miraban
	preterite	miré	miraste	miró	miramos	mirasteis	miraron
	future	miraré	mirarás	mirará	miraremos	miraréis	mirarán
	conditional	miraría	mirarías	miraría	miraríamos	miraríais	mirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mire	mirestú mirésvos2	mire	miremos	miréis	miren
	imperfect (ra)	mirara	miraras	mirara	miráramos	mirarais	miraran
	imperfect (se)	mirase	mirases	mirase	mirásemos	miraseis	mirasen
	future1	mirare	mirares	mirare	miráremos	mirareis	miraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		miratú mirávos	mire	miremos	mirad	miren
	negative		no mires	no mire	no miremos	no miréis	no miren

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mirar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mirar
	dative	mirarme	mirarte	mirarle, mirarse	mirarnos	miraros	mirarles, mirarse
	accusative	mirarme	mirarte	mirarlo, mirarla, mirarse	mirarnos	miraros	mirarlos, mirarlas, mirarse
with gerund mirando
	dative	mirándome	mirándote	mirándole, mirándose	mirándonos	mirándoos	mirándoles, mirándose
	accusative	mirándome	mirándote	mirándolo, mirándola, mirándose	mirándonos	mirándoos	mirándolos, mirándolas, mirándose
with informal second-person singular imperative mira
	dative	mírame	mírate	mírale	míranos	not used	mírales
	accusative	mírame	mírate	míralo, mírala	míranos	not used	míralos, míralas
with formal second-person singular imperative mire
	dative	míreme	not used	mírele, mírese	mírenos	not used	míreles
	accusative	míreme	not used	mírelo, mírela, mírese	mírenos	not used	mírelos, mírelas
with first-person plural imperative miremos
	dative	not used	mirémoste	mirémosle	mirémonos	mirémoos	mirémosles
	accusative	not used	mirémoste	mirémoslo, mirémosla	mirémonos	mirémoos	mirémoslos, mirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mirad
	dative	miradme	not used	miradle	miradnos	miraos	miradles
	accusative	miradme	not used	miradlo, miradla	miradnos	miraos	miradlos, miradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative miren
	dative	mírenme	not used	mírenle	mírennos	not used	mírenles, mírense
	accusative	mírenme	not used	mírenlo, mírenla	mírennos	not used	mírenlos, mírenlas, mírense

Derived terms

• mirada (“look, glance”)
• a caballo regalado no le mires el diente
• bien mirado
• de mírame y no me toques
• mirador
• mira por dónde
• mirar de hito en hito
• mirar por el rabillo del ojo
• mirar por encima del hombro
• mirón

 

See also

• ver (“to see”)