mimir

See also: Mímir

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of dormir (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmi(ʁ)/ [miˈmi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmi(ʁ)/ [miˈmi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /miˈmi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈmi(ʁ)/ [miˈmi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmi(ɻ)/

Verb

mimir (first-person singular present mimo, first-person singular preterite mimi, past participle mimido)

1. (Brazil, childish) to sleep

   Ela está mimindo (usually said to a child) ― She's asleep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mimir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	mimir
Personal	mimir	mimires	mimir	mimirmos	mimirdes	mimirem
Gerund
	mimindo
Past participle
Masculine	mimido			mimidos
Feminine	mimida			mimidas
Indicative
Present	mimo	mimes	mime	mimimos	mimis	mimem
Imperfect	mimia	mimias	mimia	mimíamos	mimíeis	mimiam
Preterite	mimi	mimiste	mimiu	mimimos	mimistes	mimiram
Pluperfect	mimira	mimiras	mimira	mimíramos	mimíreis	mimiram
Future	mimirei	mimirás	mimirá	mimiremos	mimireis	mimirão
Conditional	mimiria	mimirias	mimiria	mimiríamos	mimiríeis	mimiriam
Subjunctive
Present	mima	mimas	mima	mimamos	mimais	mimam
Imperfect	mimisse	mimisses	mimisse	mimíssemos	mimísseis	mimissem
Future	mimir	mimires	mimir	mimirmos	mimirdes	mimirem
Imperative
Affirmative		mime	mima	mimamos	mimi	mimam
Negative (não)		não mimas	não mima	não mimamos	não mimais	não mimam

Further reading

• “mimir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Alteration of dormir (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmiɾ/ [miˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧mir

Verb

mimir (first-person singular present mimo, first-person singular preterite mimí, past participle mimido)

1. (childish) to sleep

   ¿Quieres mimir con tu mami?

   Do you want to sleep with your mummy?

2. (euphemistic) to die

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mimir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mimir
gerund			mimiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mimido		mimida
		plural		mimidos		mimidas
		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	mimo	mimestú mimísvos	mime	mimimos	mimís	mimen
	imperfect	mimía	mimías	mimía	mimíamos	mimíais	mimían
	preterite	mimí	mimiste	mimió	mimimos	mimisteis	mimieron
	future	mimiré	mimirás	mimirá	mimiremos	mimiréis	mimirán
	conditional	mimiría	mimirías	mimiría	mimiríamos	mimiríais	mimirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mima	mimastú mimásvos2	mima	mimamos	mimáis	miman
	imperfect (ra)	mimiera	mimieras	mimiera	mimiéramos	mimierais	mimieran
	imperfect (se)	mimiese	mimieses	mimiese	mimiésemos	mimieseis	mimiesen
	future1	mimiere	mimieres	mimiere	mimiéremos	mimiereis	mimieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mimetú mimívos	mima	mimamos	mimid	miman
	negative		no mimas	no mima	no mimamos	no mimáis	no miman

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.