Synonym: feign
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /pɹɪˈtɛnd/, /pɹəˈtɛnd/ |
Hyphenation | pre·tend |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) pretend | (I) pretended |
(thou) pretendest | (thou) pretendedst |
(he) pretends, pretendeth | (he) pretended |
(we) pretend | (we) pretended |
(you) pretend | (you) pretended |
(they) pretend | (they) pretended |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) pretend | (I) pretended |
(thou) pretend | (thou) pretended |
(he) pretend | (he) pretended |
(we) pretend | (we) pretended |
(you) pretend | (you) pretended |
(they) pretend | (they) pretended |
Imperative mood | |
pretend | |
Participles | |
Present participle | Past participle |
pretending | pretended |
Danish | foregive |
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Dutch | doen alsof; voorgeven; voorwenden |
Esperanto | ŝajnigi |
Faeroese | látast |
German | erheucheln |
Icelandic | þykjast |
Norwegian | late som om; late som |
Portuguese | aparentar; fingir; simular |
Saterland Frisian | simulierje |
Spanish | aparentar; fingir |
Swahili | ‐jifanya |
Swedish | låtsas som om |
West Frisian | beare |