pretender
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pretender (plural pretenders)
- A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold.
- A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.
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pretender (first-person sg present pretendo, first-person sg preterite pretendín, past participle pretendido)
- to pretend
- first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pretender.
- first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pretender.
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Conjugation of pretender
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pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)
- to pretend.
- Juan pretendió estar muerto para evitar que el oso lo atacara. Juan pretended to be dead so the bear wouldn't attack him.
- to intend.
- Juan pretende tener casa propia en tres años. Juan intends to have his own house in three years.
- to woo; to court.
- Juan pretende a Fernanda porque él siempre le lleva rosas y chocolates. Juan courts Fernanda, so he always gives her roses and chocolates.
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Conjugation of pretender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs.)
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- Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean "to pretend" as of the second and third definition . The word for "to pretend" in Spanish is fingir.