imitación
/imitaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
imitation
🦜 imitación = imitate + -ción; a parrot's specialty, copying sounds
Comes from Latin imitatio, from imitari, to copy. The Spanish ending -ción matches English -tion, so imitación is nearly identical to imitation. A parrot is a handy cue, since it repeats what it hears.