simular

to simulate, to fake

verb see-moo-LAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin simulare (to make like, to pretend).

Usage Note

Simular means to imitate, replicate, or pretend — it can describe both technical simulation (a computer simula a process) and feigning an emotion or illness (simuló estar enfermo). The related noun is simulacro (drill, simulation exercise) and the agent noun is simulador. Do not confuse with disimular (to hide, to conceal), which has the opposite nuance.

Examples

"El piloto aprendió a simular una emergencia."

Natural Translation

The pilot learned to simulate an emergency.

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