pretendre

See also: prétendre and pretendré

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praetendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾəˈte̞n.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [pɾəˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pɾeˈten.dɾe]

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Verb

pretendre (first-person singular present pretenc, first-person singular preterite pretenguí, past participle pretès); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to pursue, to seek
2. (transitive) to claim
3. (intransitive) to aspire [with a ‘to’]

   Synonym: aspirar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of pretendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			pretendre
gerund			pretenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretès		pretesa
		plural		pretesos		preteses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pretenc	pretens	pretén	pretenem	preteneu	pretenen
	imperfect	pretenia	pretenies	pretenia	preteníem	preteníeu	pretenien
	future	pretendré	pretendràs	pretendrà	pretendrem	pretendreu	pretendran
	preterite	pretenguí	pretengueres	pretengué	pretenguérem	pretenguéreu	pretengueren
	conditional	pretendria	pretendries	pretendria	pretendríem	pretendríeu	pretendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pretengui	pretenguis	pretengui	pretenguem	pretengueu	pretenguin
	imperfect	pretengués	pretenguessis	pretengués	pretenguéssim	pretenguéssiu	pretenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pretén	pretengui	pretenguem	preteneu	pretenguin
	negative (no)	—	no pretenguis	no pretengui	no pretenguem	no pretengueu	no pretenguin

Related terms

• pretendent
• pretensió
• tendir

Further reading

• “pretendre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pretendre, borrowed from Latin praetendere.

Verb

pretendre

1. to claim

Descendants

• → English: pretend
• French: prétendre

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praetendere.

Verb

pretendre

1. 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
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

• → English: pretend
• French: prétendre