| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | pre·tekst·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | pretekstas |
| Past tense | pretekstis |
| Future tense | pretekstos |
| Conditional mood | |
| pretekstus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| pretekstu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | pretekstanta | pretekstata |
| Past tense | pretekstinta | pretekstita |
| Future tense | pretekstonta | pretekstota |
| Danish | foregive |
|---|---|
| Dutch | doen alsof; voorgeven; voorwenden |
| English | give as an excuse; pretend; plead; allege as excuse |
| Faeroese | látast |
| French | prétexter; se retrancher |
| German | angeben; den Vorwand brauchen; vorgeben; vorschützen |
| Low German | vöärwenden |
| Portuguese | pretextar |
| Saterland Frisian | anreeke; dän Foarwand bruuke; foarreeke |
| Spanish | fingir |