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mira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mira"

Asturian

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Verb

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mira

  1. inflection of mirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from mirar.

Noun

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mira f (plural mires)

  1. look, glance
  2. intention, aim
  3. (weaponry) sight, scope
    Synonym: punt de mira

Etymology 2

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Verb

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mira

  1. inflection of mirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Usage notes
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  • The imperative form mira can reduce to mi in colloquial speech when one or more clitic pronouns are attached to the end of the verb.
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Particularly: “Eh? in which dialect of Catalan would be that?”

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish mirar (“to look”).

Verb

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mirá

  1. to look; to look; to glance

French

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mira

  1. third-person singular past historic of mirer

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Galician

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mira

  1. inflection of mirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ra

Etymology 1

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From mirare.

Noun

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mira f (plural mire)

  1. aim
  2. sight
    Synonym: mirino
  3. (figurative) aim, goal, purpose, design, objective, purport
    Synonyms: scopo, obiettivo, intenzione
  4. (surveying) stadia, level staff
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mira

  1. inflection of mirare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    • Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi
      Questi cari pargoletti.
      Ah! pietà di lor ti tocchi
      Se non hai di te pietà.
      Look, o Norma, at your knees
      These darling children.
      Ah! May pity for them touch you
      If you have no pity for yourself.
      (Felice Romani, libretto to Vincenzo Bellini's, Norma, Act 2, Scene 3.)

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Ladin

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Noun

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mira f (plural mires)

  1. goal, aim, end

Latin

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Adjective

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mīra

  1. inflection of mīrus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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Latvian

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mira

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mirt

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Italian mira or its Sicilian equivalent.

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Noun

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mira f (plural miri)

  1. target; aim (e.g. for shooting)
  2. aim; goal; purpose
    Synonym: għan
    Ma lħaqniex il-miri tagħna. ― We didn’t reach our goals.

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese mirar and Spanish mirar.

Verb

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mira

  1. to see

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

Noun

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mira f

  1. (rare) Alternative form of mirra
Declension
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Declension of mira
singular
nominative mira
genitive miry
dative mirze
accusative mirę
instrumental mirą
locative mirze
vocative miro

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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mira f

  1. (astronomy, geodesy) reference point for azimuth measurements
Declension
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Declension of mira
singular plural
nominative mira miry
genitive miry mir
dative mirze mirom
accusative mirę miry
instrumental mirą mirami
locative mirze mirach
vocative miro miry

Further reading

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  • mira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Italian mira (“aim; sight”).

Noun

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mira f (plural miras)

  1. sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
  2. marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)
    Synonym: pontaria

Etymology 2

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Inflected form of mirar.

Verb

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mira

  1. inflection of mirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mīrārī.

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Verb

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a mira (third-person singular present miră, past participle mirat) 1st conjugation

  1. (reflexive, a se mira) to wonder
  2. (reflexive) to be astounded, amazed, surprised
  3. (transitive) to astound, amaze
  4. (regional, Transylvania) to see to

Conjugation

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    conjugation of mira (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a mira
gerund mirând
past participle mirat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present mir miri miră mirăm mirați miră
imperfect miram mirai mira miram mirați mirau
simple perfect mirai mirași miră mirarăm mirarăți mirară
pluperfect mirasem miraseși mirase miraserăm miraserăți miraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să mir să miri să mire să mirăm să mirați să mire
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative miră mirați
negative nu mira nu mirați

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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mira (Cyrillic spelling мира)

  1. genitive singular of mir

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Syllabification: mi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from mirar.

Noun

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mira f (plural miras)

  1. target
  2. purpose, object
  3. sight (of a weapon)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mira

  1. inflection of mirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch mier.

Noun

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mira

  1. ant

Tagalog

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mira (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ) (Rizal, colloquial)

  1. Clipping of primera (“too; very”).
    Mirang ganda ng kapatid niya.
    Her sibling is very beautiful.
    (literally, “Firstness in beauty of her sibling.”)
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