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pretend

/prɪˈtɛnd/

Traductions

pretendverb

pretended

Past Simple

pretended

Past Participle

pretending

Gerund

/prɪˈtɛnd/

притворяться

She likes to pretend she is a princess.

Она любит притворяться, что она принцесса.

делать вид

He tried to pretend he was not interested.

Он пытался делать вид, что ему не интересно.

Synonymes

pretendnoun

/prɪˈtend/

/prɪˈtɛnd/

Used chiefly in the phrase 'play pretend' and similar contexts to mean make-believe or imaginative play.

Synonymes

pretendadjective

more pretend

Comp.

most pretend

Super.

/prɪˈtend/

/prɪˈtɛnd/

притворный

He gave her a pretend smile.

Он подарил ей притворную улыбку.

воображаемый

The children played in their pretend world.

Дети играли в своем воображаемом мире.

Traductions supplémentaires

Synonymes

Définitions

pretendverb

To act as if something is true when it is not.

She pretended to be asleep when her parents checked on her.

To make believe or imagine something.

The children pretended they were pirates searching for treasure.

To claim or assert something falsely.

He pretended to know the answer, but he was just guessing.

pretendnoun

Make-believe; the act or practice of imaginative play.

The children spent the afternoon in pretend, turning cardboard boxes into castles.

pretendadjective

Not genuine; simulated or feigned.

She wore a pretend smile to hide her true feelings.