Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Você está me imitando o tempo inteiro!
English translation:
You keep on copying me/you copy me all the time!/ You are copycatting me all the time/ You copycat me all the time!
Portuguese term
Você está me imitando o tempo inteiro!
Como eu diria "VOCÊ ESTÁ ME IMITANDO" à pessoa que faz os mesmos comentários que eu acabei de fazer?
| To imitate |
Marisa Colb(BR)
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Oct 21, 2009 13:58: Veronikka (X) Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Lumen (X)
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Proposed translations
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
You keep on copying me/you copy me all the time!
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-09-24 17:10:05 GMT)
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OBS.: The expression "copycat" is applied to a person who copies others.
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
you are constantly imitating me
aping me
Brazil
20 years English teaching & translation
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 2 more.
You're copying me all the time!
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Marlene Curtis
: You copy me all the time! (the present tense is used to express a habit)
6 mins
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you're right, Marlene
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| agree |
R. Alex Jenkins
: :)
12 mins
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thanks, Richard
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| agree |
Evans (X)
: or "you're always copying me"
26 mins
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thanks, Gilla
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Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
You're imitating me all the time!
You've been mimicking me the whole time!
If the copying is both word and actions, then "mimic" should do the trick.
You, copycat!!! // You copycat me all the time // You're copycatting me all the time!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org....
http://www.aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/copycat
Reference comments
To imitate
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Note added at 31 mins (2009-09-24 17:32:45 GMT)
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We're constantly imitating nature...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13555_3-9770470-34.html
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