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impersonate

 
 
/ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

to copy the way someone looks and behaves in order to pretend to be them or to make people laugh
...ın/in kılığına girip taklit etmek; kendine ... süsü vermek; ...nın/nin rolünü oynamak; taklidini yapmak
Impersonating a police officer is a serious offence.1333
impersonation
 
 
/ɪmˌpɜːsənˈeɪʃən/ noun [C, U]
taklit
He did an impersonation of Bill Clinton.
impersonator noun [C]
taklit yapan
an Elvis impersonator
(Definition of impersonate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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