English

Adjective

simular ‎(comparative more simular, superlative most simular)

1. (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Thou simular man of virtue.

Noun

simular ‎(plural simulars)

1. (archaic) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, III. ii. 54:

     Hide thee, thou bloody hand, / Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue / That art incestuous.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Tyndale, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures:

     Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.

Catalan

Verb

simular ‎(first-person singular present simulo, past participle simulat)

1. to simulate

Conjugation

Galician

Verb

simular ‎(first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulei, past participle simulado)

1. to simulate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin simulatus, from simulare, from similis.

Verb

simular ‎(first-person singular present indicative simulo, past participle simulado)

1. to simulate

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

simular ‎(first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulé, past participle simulado)

1. to feign, to pretend
2. to simulate

Conjugation

Related terms

• disimular
• similar
• simulación
• simulador
• simulacro