mira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mira"

Languages (20)

Asturian • Catalan • Chavacano • French • Galician • Italian • Ladin • Latin • Latvian • Lithuanian • Maltese • Papiamentu • Polish • Portuguese • Romanian • Serbo-Croatian • Sora • Spanish • Sranan Tongo • Tagalog

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Asturian

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈmi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mirar.

Noun

mira f (plural mires)

1. look, glance
2. intention, aim
3. (weaponry) sight, scope

   Synonym: punt de mira

Etymology 2

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Usage notes

• The imperative form mira can reduce to mi in colloquial speech when one or more clitic pronouns are attached to the end of the verb. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense, particularly "Eh? in which dialect of Catalan would be that?"?)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mirar (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɾa/ [mi.ˈɾa]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ra

Verb

mirá

1. to look; to look; to glance

French

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular past historic of mirer

Anagrams

• mari, rami, rima

Galician

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: mì‧ra

Etymology 1

From mirare.

Noun

mira f (plural mire)

1. aim
2. sight

   Synonym: mirino

3. (figurative) aim, goal, purpose, design, objective, purport

   Synonyms: scopo, obiettivo, intenzione

4. (surveying) stadia, level staff

Related terms

• mirare
• mirino
• prendere la mira
• prendere di mira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   • Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi
     Questi cari pargoletti.
     Ah! pietà di lor ti tocchi
     Se non hai di te pietà.

     Look, o Norma, at your knees
     These darling children.
     Ah! May pity for them touch you
     If you have no pity for yourself.

     (Felice Romani, libretto to Vincenzo Bellini's, Norma, Act 2, Scene 3.)

Anagrams

• armi, mari, rami, rima

Ladin

Noun

mira f (plural mires)

1. goal, aim, end

Latin

Adjective

mīra

1. inflection of mīrus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

References

• "mira", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mirt

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish mira, alternative form of mirra.

Pronunciation

• (mirà): IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈr̺ɐ]
• (mìra): IPA^(key): [ˈmʲɪ.r̺ɐ]

Noun

mirà f stress pattern 2

1. myrrh
2. instrumental singular of mira

Declension

Declension of mirà

	singular	plural
nominative	mirà	mi̇̀ros
genitive	mi̇̀ros	mi̇̀rų
dative	mi̇̀rai	mi̇̀roms
accusative	mi̇̀rą	miràs
instrumental	mirà	mi̇̀romis
locative	mi̇̀roje	mi̇̀rose
vocative	mi̇̀ra	mi̇̀ros

Noun

mi̇̀ra f

1. vocative singular of mira

Further reading

• “mira”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian mira or its Sicilian equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːra/
• Rhymes: -iːra

Noun

mira f (plural miri)

1. target; aim (e.g. for shooting)
2. aim; goal; purpose

   Synonym: għan

   Ma lħaqniex il-miri tagħna. ― We didn’t reach our goals.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese mirar and Spanish mirar.

Verb

mira

1. to see

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈmi.ra]

• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: mi‧ra
• Homophone: Mira

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

Noun

mira f

1. (rare) alternative form of mirra

Declension

Declension of mira

	singular
nominative	mira
genitive	miry
dative	mirze
accusative	mirę
instrumental	mirą
locative	mirze
vocative	miro

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare miara”)

Noun

mira f

1. (astronomy, geodesy) reference point for azimuth measurements
2. (Podhale) act of measuring milking capacity of sheep

Declension

Declension of mira

	singular	plural
nominative	mira	miry
genitive	miry	mir
dative	mirze	mirom
accusative	mirę	miry
instrumental	mirą	mirami
locative	mirze	mirach
vocative	miro	miry

Further reading

• “mira”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mira”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “miara”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 144

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -iɾɐ
• Homophone: Mira

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mirar.

Noun

mira f (plural miras)

1. sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
2. marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)

   Synonym: pontaria

3. aim (ability of someone to aim straight)

   Você tem uma mira excelente. ― You have excellent aim.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mira”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

a mira (third-person singular present miră, past participle mirat, third-person subjunctive mire) 1st conjugation

1. (reflexive) to wonder
2. (reflexive) to be astounded, amazed, surprised
3. (transitive) to astound, amaze
4. (regional, Transylvania) to see to

Conjugation

    conjugation of mira (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a mira
gerund			mirând
past participle			mirat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mir	miri	miră	mirăm	mirați	miră
	imperfect	miram	mirai	mira	miram	mirați	mirau
	simple perfect	mirai	mirași	miră	mirarăm	mirarăți	mirară
	pluperfect	mirasem	miraseși	mirase	miraserăm	miraserăți	miraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mir	să miri	să mire	să mirăm	să mirați	să mire
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		miră			mirați
	negative		nu mira			nu mirați

Synonyms

• minuna

Related terms

• minune

See also

• uimi

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mira (Cyrillic spelling мира)

1. genitive singular of mir

Sora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiraː/

Verb

mira

1. to be frightened, scared.

   Anurkidan asan tanglyneanji mirateji.

   Owing to the scent of the tiger, the oxen is frightened.

References

• Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mirar.

Noun

mira f (plural miras)

1. target
2. purpose, object
3. sight (of a weapon)

Derived terms

• alteza de miras
• altura de miras
• andar a la mira
• ángulo de mira
• con miras a
• estar a la mira
• estrecho de miras
• línea de mira
• mira larga
• mira telescópica
• miras de proa
• mirilla
• poner la mira en
• punto de mira
• quedar a la mira

Interjection

mira

1. look!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mira

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “mira”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mier.

Noun

mira

1. ant

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmiː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧ra

Adjective

mira (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ) (dialectal, Rizal, colloquial)

1. clipping of primera (“too; very”)

   Mirang ganda ng kapatid niya.

   Her sibling is very beautiful.

   (literally, “Firstness in beauty of her sibling.”)