pretendre
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
pretendre (first-person singular present pretenc, first-person singular preterite pretenguí, past participle pretès)
- (transitive) to pursue, to seek
- (transitive) to claim
- (intransitive) to aspire (a to)
- Synonym: aspirar
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “pretendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French pretendre, borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.
Verb
pretendre
- to claim
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.
Verb
pretendre
- to claim
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pretendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pretendre | avoir pretendu | |||||
gerund | en pretendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | pretendant | ||||||
past participle | pretendu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | pretent | pretenz | pretent | pretendons | pretendez | pretendent |
imperfect | pretendoie, pretendeie | pretendoies, pretendeies | pretendoit, pretendeit | pretendiiens, pretendiens | pretendiiez, pretendiez | pretendoient, pretendeient | |
preterite | pretendi | pretendis | pretendié | pretendimes | pretendistes | pretendierent | |
future | pretendrai | pretendras | pretendra | pretendrons | pretendroiz, pretendreiz, pretendrez | pretendront | |
conditional | pretendroie, pretendreie | pretendroies, pretendreies | pretendroit, pretendreit | pretendriiens, pretendriens | pretendriiez, pretendriez | pretendroient, pretendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | pretende | pretendes | pretende | pretendons | pretendez | pretendent |
imperfect | pretendisse | pretendisses | pretendist | pretendissons, pretendissiens | pretendissoiz, pretendissez, pretendissiez | pretendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | pretent | — | pretendons | pretendez | — |
Descendants
Categories:
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan second conjugation verbs
- Catalan verbs with velar infix
- Catalan irregular verbs
- Catalan transitive verbs
- Catalan intransitive verbs
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms borrowed from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Old French terms borrowed from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-i2 preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -re