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pretend verb

  /pɹiˈtɛnd/ , /pɹəˈtɛnd/ , /pɹɪˈtɛnd/
  • (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
 fingir
  • (transitive) To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe [with infinitive]. [from 15th c.]
 fingir, aparentar, hacer como que, hacer de, jugar a, simular

pretender noun

  /pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/
  • A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
 embustero, falso, grupiento, hipócrita, impostor, mentiroso
  • A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.
 pretendiente

pretend adjective

  /pɹiˈtɛnd/ , /pɹəˈtɛnd/ , /pɹɪˈtɛnd/
  • Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
 de mentirijillas

pretending noun

  • The act of imagining; make-believe.
 afectación
to pretend
pretender
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