personate

• Verbo que significa hacerse pasar por otra persona o representar un papel ajeno, a menudo en un contexto teatral o engañoso. También puede referirse a caracterizar o interpretar un personaje.

An obsolete verb meaning to impersonate or play the role of another person, often in a theatrical or deceptive context.

1. Impersonate or pretend to beC1formallegal

   To assume the identity or character of another person, often with the intent to deceive or commit fraud.

   Hacerse pasar por alguien

   • The con artist personated a bank official to gain access to the vault.
   • He was arrested for personating a police officer.
   • In the play, she had to personate a famous historical figure.

   Sinónimosactimitateimpersonatemimicplay

   Antónimosbeexist

2. Personify or attribute human qualitiesC2formalart

   To represent an abstract idea or inanimate object as having human characteristics or form.

   Personificar

   • The poet personated the wind as a mischievous spirit.
   • In many cultures, the sun is personated as a powerful deity.
   • The artist personated the concept of justice as a blindfolded woman.

   Sinónimosanthropomorphizeembodyhumanizeincarnatepersonifytypify