personate

• Verbo pouco usado que significa fazer-se passar por outra pessoa ou desempenhar o papel de outrem, geralmente em contexto teatral ou de disfarce e engano.

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.

   Passar-se por

   • 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.

   Sinônimosactimitateimpersonatemimicplay

   Antônimosbeexist

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.

   Sinônimosanthropomorphizeembodyhumanizeincarnatepersonifytypify