Summary

to pretend {verb}
fingir · hacerse · dragonear · disimular

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Synonyms

pretend: make-believe · profess · feign

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to pretend to be ill
to pretend not to see
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"to pretend" Spanish translation

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to pretend {verb}

to pretend [pretended|pretended] {vb} (also: to act, to fake, to sham, to fable)

fingir {vb}

We cannot bury our heads in the sand and pretend that this problem does not exist.

No podemos esconder la cabeza bajo el ala y fingir que este problema no existe.

The war is not over; we cannot pretend it is and talk just of the future and reconstruction.

La guerra no ha acabado; no podemos fingir y hablar sólo de futuro y de reconstrucción.

This Parliament cannot pretend it does not understand or that it is not aware of this policy.

Nuestro Parlamento no puede fingir que no entiende, fingir que no percibe esta política.

We cannot just turn the page and pretend that nothing has happened.

No podemos pasar página y fingir que no ha sucedido nada.

It is fashionable at this time to pretend there is a long queue of countries wanting to join this place.

Está de moda en estos días fingir que hay una larga cola de países que desean entrar en Europa.

to pretend [pretended|pretended] {vb} (also: to become, to get used, to turn into)

hacerse {v.r.}

to pretend [pretended|pretended] {vb}

dragonear [dragoneando|dragoneado] {vb}

to pretend [pretended|pretended] {v.i.}

disimular [disimulando|disimulado] {v.i.}
 

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "pretend":

© Princeton Universitymake-believe · profess · feign · sham · affect · dissemble · make · make believe · guess · venture · hazard · act

 

Usage examples

Usage examples for "to pretend" in Spanish

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     to pretend to be ill

encojarse

     to pretend not to see

hacer la vista gorda

No one pretends that it is perfect.

Nadie dice que sea perfecta.

It is time to stop pretending.

Ya es hora de dejar de hacer teatro.

Who pretend for show

--esos que sólo quieren ser vistos y elogiados,

Nobody will be able to pretend they did not know!

Ya nadie podrá decir que no lo sabía.

It has not pretended that everything is all right.

No ha afirmado que todo esté bien.

To pretend that nothing has happened is hypocrisy!

Actuar como si no hubiese pasado nada es puro cinismo.

I will not pretend to be happy with this situation.

No puedo afirmar que me sienta feliz con esta situación.

I cannot pretend that I received a satisfactory answer.

No puedo decir que recibiera una respuesta satisfactoria.

Nobody is pretending that this is a perfect Constitution.

Nadie pretende que sea una Constitución perfecta.

The regulation pretends that there is one, but there is not.

El reglamento induce a error, como si esto fuera también así.

I would not pretend that my group is satisfied with the outcome.

No pretenderé que mi Grupo está contento con el resultado.

Do not get me wrong, I do not pretend that migration is without problems.

No me malinterpreten, no insinúo que la migración no implica problemas.

Let us not pretend that the present proposals have this in mind.

Que no se nos haga creer que las presentes propuestas tienen esto en mente.

Do not pretend that you know nothing, you know perfectly well what happened.

No se haga la inocente, sabe muy bien lo que ha ocurrido.

On many previous occasions, we have pretended that we have achieved results.

En muchas ocasiones anteriores, hemos fingido haber conseguido resultados.

We are pretending to believe that the non-existence of something can be proved.

Hacemos como que creemos que se puede probar la inexistencia de algo.

although not pretending to exhaust its entire breadth and depth, does prompt us

católica, sin pretender tratar cabalmente su amplitud y profundidad, nos

We shall not pretend that we did not want to go further.

Pero, dicho esto, entendemos que es bueno que la Comisión saque adelante este plan.
 

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