Impersonation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

pretending to be another person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpˌɜːsənˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpˌɜːsənˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpˌɜːsənˈeɪʃən/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪmpˌɜːsənˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

imposture imitation personation caricature

Word Forms

caricaturist	noun	someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner
caricature	verb	represent in or produce a caricature of
impersonate	verb	represent another person with comic intentions
personate	verb	pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Identitätswechsel

eine Darstellung einer Person, die für eine komische Wirkung übertrieben ist

🇫🇷French

imitation

une représentation d'une personne exagérée pour un effet comique

🇪🇸Spanish

interpretación

una representación de una persona que se exagera para lograr un efecto cómico

🇮🇹Italian

imitazione

una rappresentazione di una persona esagerata per effetto comico

🇳🇱Dutch

nabootsing

een weergave van een persoon die is overdreven voor een komisch effect

🇵🇹Portuguese

representação

uma representação de uma pessoa exagerada para efeito cômico

🇷🇺Russian

олицетворение

изображение человека, преувеличенное для комического эффекта

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग़लत पहचान

एक ऐसे व्यक्ति का प्रतिनिधित्व जो हास्य प्रभाव के लिए अतिरंजित है

🇧🇩Bengali

ছদ্মবেশ

একজন ব্যক্তির উপস্থাপনা যা কমিক প্রভাবের জন্য অতিরঞ্জিত

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆள்மாறாட்டம்

காமிக் விளைவுக்காக மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஒரு நபரின் பிரதிநிதித்துவம்

🇮🇳Telugu

వేషధారణ

కామిక్ ఎఫెక్ట్ కోసం అతిశయోక్తి చేసిన వ్యక్తి యొక్క ప్రాతినిధ్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

तोतयागिरी

एखाद्या व्यक्तीचे प्रतिनिधित्व जे कॉमिक प्रभावासाठी अतिशयोक्तीपूर्ण आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઢોંગ

કોમિક અસર માટે અતિશયોક્તિપૂર્ણ વ્યક્તિનું પ્રતિનિધિત્વ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೋಗು ಹಾಕುವುದು

ಕಾಮಿಕ್ ಪರಿಣಾಮಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಉತ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಿತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആൾമാറാട്ടം

കോമിക് ഇഫക്റ്റിനായി അതിശയോക്തി കലർന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ പ്രതിനിധാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਨ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦੀ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦਗੀ ਜੋ ਕਾਮਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਲਈ ਅਤਿਕਥਨੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نقالی

کسی ایسے شخص کی نمائندگی جو مزاحیہ اثر کے لیے بڑھا چڑھا کر پیش کی جاتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

冒充

为了达到喜剧效果而夸张的人物形象

🇯🇵Japanese

なりすまし

喜劇的な効果を得るために誇張された人物の表現

🇰🇷Korean

인격화

만화적인 효과를 위해 사람을 과장하여 표현한 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mạo danh

sự thể hiện của một người được phóng đại để tạo hiệu ứng hài hước

🇹🇭Thai

การแอบอ้างบุคคลอื่น

การเป็นตัวแทนของบุคคลที่เกินจริงสำหรับเอฟเฟกต์การ์ตูน

🇮🇩Indonesian

peniruan

representasi seseorang yang dilebih-lebihkan untuk efek komik

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapanggap

isang representasyon ng isang tao na pinalaki para sa epekto ng komiks

🇲🇾Malay

penyamaran

representasi seseorang yang dibesar-besarkan untuk kesan komik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التمثيل

تمثيل شخص مبالغ فيه للتأثير الكوميدي

🇮🇷Persian

جعل هویت

نمایش شخصی که برای جلوه کمیک اغراق شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

kimliğe bürünme

komik bir etki yaratmak için abartılı bir kişinin temsili

🇮🇱Hebrew

התחזות

ייצוג של אדם מוגזם בגלל אפקט קומי

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