Word: pretends

Category: pretends

Arts & Entertainment, People & Society, Books & Literature

Synonyms: pretends

make as if, profess, affect, dissimulate, dissemble, put it on, put on a false front, go through the motions, sham, fake it, put on an act as, make believe one is, play at being, act (the part of), play-act (the part of), impersonate, feign, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, claim, lay claim to, purport to have, profess to have, make believe, make, venture, hazard, guess, act

Translations: pretends

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spanish
Translations:
finge
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german
Translations:
vorgibt, gibt vor
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french
Translations:
prétend, feint, fait semblant
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italian
Translations:
finge, fa finta, chi fa il, si finge
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portuguese
Translations:
finge
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dutch
Translations:
doet alsof
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russian
Translations:
претендует, делает вид, симулирует
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norwegian
Translations:
later
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swedish
Translations:
låtsas
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finnish
Translations:
teeskentelee
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danish
Translations:
foregiver, lader som
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czech
Translations:
předstírá, tváří, se vydává
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polish
Translations:
udaje
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hungarian
Translations:
úgy tesz, mintha, tetteti, tetteti magát
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turkish
Translations:
yerindeymiş gibi
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greek
Translations:
προσποιείται
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ukrainian
Translations:
претендує
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albanian
Translations:
ata që sillen, nga ata që sillen, sillen si, që sillen
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bulgarian
Translations:
преструва
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belarusian
Translations:
прэтэндуе
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estonian
Translations:
teeskleb
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croatian
Translations:
pretvara, Predstavlja, se pretvara, pretvara se, se pretvara da
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icelandic
Translations:
þykist
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lithuanian
Translations:
, tariasi
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latvian
Translations:
izliekas
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macedonian
Translations:
преправа, се преправа
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romanian
Translations:
preface, se preface
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slovenian
Translations:
pretvarja, se pretvarja, pretvarja se
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slovak
Translations:
predstiera

The meaning and "use of": pretends

verb
  • speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. - I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep
  • lay claim to (a quality or title). - he cannot pretend to sophistication

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