mirar

Alternative forms

• amirar

Verb

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

1. to look (to try to see)

Etymology

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

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to look
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of mirar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of mirar

Noun

mirar ?

1. carcass (dead animal)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mīrāre, from Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror (“I wonder 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)

Etymology

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 miré, past participle mirado)

1. (transitive) to look at (something)
2. (intransitive, of a structure) to face a certain direction
3. (transitive) to watch

   Estábamos mirando la televisión.

   We were watching TV.