Polyglot Dictionary

pretend

/prɪˈtɛnd/

verb A2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
pretends
past
pretended
past participle
pretended
gerund
pretending

Meaning

  1. fingir

    • She pretended to be asleep.

      Ella fingió estar dormida.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

feindre

feindre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to feign, to pretend."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa pretend?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She ___ to be asleep.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a pretend?

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