Polyglot Dictionary

fingir

/fiŋˈxiɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
finjo
preterite (yo)
fingí
past participle
fingido

Meaning

  1. to pretend

    • Finge que no lo sabe.

      He pretends not to know.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

aparentar

aparentar and fingir are close synonyms for "to pretend"; aparentar also has a "to look," to seem, sense.

disimular

fingir and disimular are close synonyms for "to pretend"; disimular also separately means "to hide, to conceal," feelings.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fingir

fingir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to pretend."

Practice

1 What does fingir mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches fingir?

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