pretender

pretend +‎ -er

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

pretender (plural pretenders)

1. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
2. A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

• dissembler
• hypocrite
• phoney

• pretend

Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.

pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendín, past participle pretendido)

1. to pretend
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pretender
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pretender

Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.

pretender (first-person singular present indicative pretendo, past participle pretendido)

1. to want
2. to pretend
3. to intend
4. to request
5. to aspire

• Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean pretend in the sense of to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is.

• pretenso
• pretensão

Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.

pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)

1. to pretend (claim, allege)
2. to intend, to aim (for/to)

   Juan pretende tener su casa propia en tres años.

   Juan intends to have his own house in three years.

3. 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.

• Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean pretend in the sense of to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry pretend.

• pretendiente
• pretencioso
• pretenso
• pretensión