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impersonate

UK: /ɪmˈpɜː.sən.eɪt/ US: /-ˈpɝː-/ [impersonated, impersonating]

Translation

v [t]
imitar [a una persona]
When she impersonated him, everybody started laughing
Cuando lo imitó, todo el mundo empezó a reírse
hacer imitaciones
hacerse pasar por
He impersonated a police officer
Se hizo pasar por un agente de policía
(Definition of impersonate v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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