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Meanings of "pretend" in Spanish English Dictionary : 36 result(s)

	Category	English	Spanish
Common
1	Common	pretend	fingir [v]
2	Common	pretend	fingirse [v]
3	Common	pretend	pretender [v]
General
4	General	pretend	disimular [v]
5	General	pretend	afectar [v]
6	General	pretend	aparentar [v]
7	General	pretend	contrahacerse [v]
8	General	pretend	despistar [v]
9	General	pretend	fingir [v]
10	General	pretend	hacer [v]
11	General	pretend	hacer que [v]
12	General	pretend	hacerse [v]
13	General	pretend	mentir [v]
14	General	pretend	mentirse [v]
15	General	pretend	revestir [v]
16	General	pretend	simular [v]
17	General	pretend	simular [v]
18	General	pretend	asacar [v]
19	General	pretend	haber [v]
20	General	pretend	figurar [v]
21	General	pretend	pretextar [v]
22	General	pretend	alegar falsamente [v]
23	General	pretend	intentar [v]
24	General	pretend	infintoso [adj] disused
25	General	pretend	enfingir [v] disused
Idioms
26	Idioms	pretend	hacer muestra [v]
27	Idioms	pretend	hacer el papel [v]
28	Idioms	pretend	hacer papel [v]
Phrases
29	Phrases	pretend	hacer de cuenta [v]
Colloquial
30	Colloquial	pretend	hacer una pantomima [v]
31	Colloquial	pretend	hacer la comedia [v]
32	Colloquial	pretend	jesuítico [adj] derog.
33	Colloquial	pretend	papelonear [v] rare
34	Colloquial	pretend	papelonear [v] rare
Slang
35	Slang	pretend	hacerse el huevón [v] CL
36	Slang	pretend	hacerse el loco [v] CL

Meanings of "pretend" with other terms in English Spanish Dictionary : 187 result(s)

	Category	English	Spanish
General
1	General	pretend not to hear	hacerse el sordo [v]
2	General	pretend not to know	desconocer [v]
3	General	pretend not to know something	desentenderse [v]
4	General	be pretend	fingirse [v]
5	General	pretend to do something	señalar [v]
6	General	pretend to be	fingirse [v]
7	General	pretend to	pretender [v]
8	General	pretend to be	contrahacerse [v]
9	General	pretend (a claim)	pretender [v]
10	General	pretend to be dead	hacerse el muerto [v]
11	General	pretend to do something	fingir hacer algo [v]
12	General	pretend not to notice	hacerse el disimulado [v]
13	General	pretend not to know	hacerse el disimulado [v]
14	General	pretend to forget	hacerse el olvidadizo [v]
15	General	pretend to be	hacerse pasar por [v]
16	General	pretend not to know about something	desentenderse de algo [v]
17	General	pretend that	hacer como si [v]
18	General	pretend not to notice	hacer la vista gorda [v]
19	General	pretend to the throne	pretender el trono [v]
20	General	pretend to be dead	fingirse muerto [v]
21	General	pretend to be wise	fingirse un sabio [v]
22	General	pretend to be asleep	fingirse dormido [v]
23	General	a game in which players pretend that the floor is lava and proceed to climb on furniture or other objects to keep their feet off the ground	el piso es lava
24	General	pretend not to hear	desoír [v]
25	General	pretend poverty	pobretear [v]
26	General	pretend to be maimed	manquear [v]
27	General	pretend to be unacquainted with	desconocer [v] fig.
28	General	pretend be	dragonear [v] AMER
29	General	pretend to have a disadvantage to later take the advantage (table games/domino)	agachar [v] MX
30	General	(a child) to pretend to have the attitudes of an adult	agrandarse [v] CO BO
31	General	pretend to be something one is not	farsantear [v] HN SV NI BO CL derog.
32	General	pretend to be	fungir [v] PE
33	General	pretend to be someone else	guillarse [v] DO
34	General	pretend to be fooled in order to catch the swindler	engoar [v] DO
35	General	pretend to be	dragonear [v] MX GT SV PE CL AR
Idioms
36	Idioms	open one's mouth and pretend to sing	hacer el barbo [v]
37	Idioms	pretend to be ill	hacer la encorvada [v]
38	Idioms	pretend to be ill	hacer la zanguanga [v]
39	Idioms	pretend not to have heard	hacer oídos de mercader [v]
40	Idioms	pretend to be sick	hacer la zanguanga [v]
41	Idioms	pretend to be sick	hacer la encorvada [v]
42	Idioms	pretend to be surprised	hacerse de nuevas [v]
43	Idioms	pretend to be dead	hacerse el dormido [v]
44	Idioms	pretend not to notice	hacerse el leso [v]
45	Idioms	pretend not to see	hacerse el ciego [v]
46	Idioms	pretend ignorance	hacerse el ignorante [v]
47	Idioms	pretend that black is white	fingir que blanco es negro [v]
48	Idioms	pretend that black is white	decir lo contrario a la realidad [v]
49	Idioms	pretend not to hear	no darse por aludido [v]
50	Idioms	pretend not to understand	no darse por entendido [v]
51	Idioms	pretend to have knowledge that you do not have	ser como el maestro ciruela [v]
52	Idioms	pretend to have the knowledge	ser como el maestro ciruela [v]
53	Idioms	pretend to know	ser como el maestro ciruela [v]
54	Idioms	pretend not to see	hacerse el chancho rengo [v]
55	Idioms	pretend not to see	hacerse el desentendido [v]
56	Idioms	pretend not to know	hacerse el distraído [v]
57	Idioms	pretend not to know	hacerse el desentendido [v]
58	Idioms	pretend not to know	hacerse el chancho rengo [v]
59	Idioms	pretend not to notice	hacerse el distraído [v]
60	Idioms	pretend not to notice	hacerse el chancho rengo [v]
61	Idioms	pretend not to notice	hacerse el desentendido [v]
62	Idioms	lie on one's back and pretend to be dead	hacer el muerto [v]
63	Idioms	pretend not to see	hacerse el despistado [v]
64	Idioms	pretend to be sick	tener calentura de pollo por comer gallina [v]
65	Idioms	pretend to be sick	tener calentura de pollo [v]
66	Idioms	pretend innocence after deliberately harming someone	tirar la piedra y esconder la mano [v]
67	Idioms	pretend not to remember	hacerse alguien olvidadizo [v]
68	Idioms	pretend to forget	hacerse alguien olvidadizo [v]
69	Idioms	pretend to agree with someone	llevarle a alguien el humor [v]
70	Idioms	pretend to agree with someone	seguirle a alguien el humor [v]
71	Idioms	pretend to be something one's not	hacerse alguien persona [v]
72	Idioms	pretend to pay attention (conversation)	dar el avión [v] MX
73	Idioms	pretend have a fever	tener calentura de pollo [v] MX GT HN SV NI CR
74	Idioms	pretend to be working	amarrar la chiva [v] CU DO
75	Idioms	pretend not to notice	hacerse el boludo [v] PY AR UY derog.
76	Idioms	pretend to believe what someone is saying in order to get to the end of the story	dar soga [v] CU DO
77	Idioms	pretend to be important in front of other people	darse su guayabazo [v] MX
78	Idioms	pretend to believe what someone is saying in order to get to the end of the story	dar cordel [v] DO
79	Idioms	pretend to be in agreement with the speaker during a conversation regarding something that is not in one's favor	dar el avión [v] MX
80	Idioms	pretend to be modest/poor in order to gain recognition	dejarse caer para que lo carguen [v] PR
81	Idioms	pretend to be working	amarrar la chiva [v] CU DO
82	Idioms	simulate or pretend something	estar haciéndose [v] PR
83	Idioms	pretend not to want something	hacerse de la boca chiquita [v] MX GT SV PR
84	Idioms	pretend to not know	hacerse el guillado [v] CU
85	Idioms	pretend to do something	hacer la cucamona [v] NI
86	Idioms	pretend to work	hacer la upa [v] HN SV
87	Idioms	pretend to not be aware of	hacerse la bestia [v] GT
88	Idioms	pretend not to know something	hacerse el de las gafas [v] CO
89	Idioms	pretend to want to do something	hacer la parada [v] CL
90	Idioms	pretend to work	hacer pinta [v] AR
91	Idioms	pretend to shoot someone with a gun formed by one's fingers	hacer pistola [v] CO
92	Idioms	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el boludo [v] PY AR UY derog.
93	Idioms	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el cojudo [v] PE BO AR derog.
94	Idioms	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el italiano [v] BO
95	Idioms	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el pelotudo [v] BO PY AR
96	Idioms	pretend to be innocent or ignorant	hacerse el casa [v] BO
97	Idioms	pretend to be innocent or ignorant	hacerse la casa [v] BO
98	Idioms	pretend to be innocent or unaware	hacerse el cucho [v] CL
99	Idioms	pretend to be naive or unaware	hacerse a las casas [v] BO
100	Idioms	pretend to be naive or unaware	hacerse a los casas [v] BO
101	Idioms	pretend to be naive or unaware	hacerse del otro viernes [v] BO:C,W
102	Idioms	pretend to be naive or unaware	hacerse el baboso [v] GT SV NI BO
103	Idioms	pretend to be naive to take advantage	hacerse la de las gafas [v] CO
104	Idioms	pretend to be naive to take advantage	hacerse el de las gafas [v] CO
105	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el chivo [v] PA DO PR
106	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el chivo loco [v] PA CU DO PR
107	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el de a peso [v] HN NI
108	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el de la oreja mocha [v] CO
109	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el papo [v] GT
110	Idioms	pretend to be unaware of something of concern	hacerse el chencho [v] HN SV
111	Idioms	pretend to do something	hacer pinta [v] AR
112	Idioms	pretend to do something	hacer la upa [v] HN SV
113	Idioms	pretend to not be aware of	hacerse el manuel [v] CO
114	Idioms	pretend to not know something for convenience	hacerse la gallina distraída [v] BO
115	Idioms	pretend to not notice something that is not convenient for one to take for granted	hacerse el huano [v] PE
116	Idioms	pretend to not notice something that is not convenient for one to take for granted	hacerse el huevón [v] VE PE BO
117	Idioms	pretend to not understand something	hacerse la brocha [v] GT HN SV
118	Idioms	pretend to not understand something for convenience	hacerse el musiú [v] VE
119	Idioms	pretend to not understand something that directly concerns one	hacerse el currito [v] HN
120	Idioms	pretend to not understand something that directly concerns one	hacerse el curro [v] HN
121	Idioms	pretend to not know something that does not interest one	hacerse el chancho rengo [v] BO PY AR UY EC:W rare
122	Idioms	pretend to not notice something that is not convenient	hacerse el maje [v] SV NI CR
123	Idioms	pretend to be unaware or incapacitated in order for someone to fulfill one's responsibilities out of compassion	hacerse el pendejo para que lo carguen [v] PR
124	Idioms	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el pescado frito [v] PR
125	Idioms	pretend to not be aware or not know of something that does not interest one	hacerse el ruso [v] CR
126	Idioms	pretend to not know	hacerse el sapo [v] GT
127	Idioms	pretend to not know	hacerse el tercio [v] PE
128	Idioms	pretend to be inattentive	hacerse rosca [v] MX
129	Idioms	pretend to work	matar la culebra [v] NI CR
130	Idioms	pretend not to have done something	poner cara de barro [v] NI
131	Idioms	pretend not to have done something	poner cara de pascua [v] GT
132	Idioms	pretend to be better	ser pura finta [v] PE
133	Idioms	pretend to have a fever	tener calentura de pollo [v] MX GT HN SV NI CR
134	Idioms	pretend to be a recovered addict	tener careta [v] PR drug
135	Idioms	pretend not to hear	tener oídos de mercader [v] HN UY
136	Idioms	pretend to believe someone	cogerle a alguien la flota [v] CO
137	Idioms	pretend to go along with something someone says	cogerle a alguien la flota [v] CO
Speaking
138	Speaking	don't pretend you don't know that	no hagas como que no sabes eso
139	Speaking	don't pretend to be	no finjas ser
140	Speaking	don't pretend to care!	¡no finjas que te importa!
141	Speaking	don't pretend you don't know that	no finjas que no sabes eso
142	Speaking	don't pretend you don't know	no finjas que no sabes
143	Speaking	can you at least pretend that you're working?	¿puedes al menos hacer ver que trabajas?
144	Speaking	can you at least pretend that you're working?	¿puede al menos simular que está trabajando?
145	Speaking	I'd appreciate it if we just pretend that this never happened	les pido que actuemos como si esto nunca hubiera ocurrido
Phrases
146	Phrases	pretend not to understand	hacerse el sueco [v]
147	Phrases	pretend that...	simular que... [v]
148	Phrases	pretend that...	hacer como que... [v]
149	Phrases	pretend...	hacer que... [v]
150	Phrases	pretend...	hacer ver que... [v]
151	Phrases	pretend...	fingir que... [v]
152	Phrases	pretend...	simular que... [v]
Colloquial
153	Colloquial	pretend to sing	hacer alguien el barbo [m]
154	Colloquial	pretend to be	darse [v]
155	Colloquial	pretend ignorance	afectar ignorancia [v]
156	Colloquial	pretend to be dead	hacer la mortecina [v]
157	Colloquial	pretend a lot	tener mucho cuento [v]
158	Colloquial	pretend to be busy	cazcalear [v]
159	Colloquial	pretend not to notice	hacer la disimulada [v]
160	Colloquial	pretend to be sick	encojarse [v]
161	Colloquial	pretend to be bad at a game	dar lamedor [v]
162	Colloquial	pretend not to know	callar el pico [v]
163	Colloquial	pretend not to know	callar alguien su pico [v]
164	Colloquial	pretend not to know	cerrar el pico [v]
165	Colloquial	pretend not to know	cerrar alguien su pico [v]
166	Colloquial	pretend everything is fine	andar por dentro la procesión [v]
167	Colloquial	pretend everything is fine	ir por dentro la procesión [v]
168	Colloquial	pretend not to see	hacer la vista gorda [v]
169	Colloquial	believe oneself or pretend to be important	creérsela [v] AR
170	Colloquial	pretend intention or readiness to do something	aguajearse [v] DO PR
171	Colloquial	pretend to be working (someone)	batatearse [v] PR
172	Colloquial	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el cojudo [v] EC rare
173	Colloquial	pretend to not know something	guillarse [v] CU PR
174	Colloquial	pretend not to know	tanguear [v] PY
175	Colloquial	pretend not to understand	tanguear [v] PY
176	Colloquial	pretend not to know	hacerse alguien el sapo [v] GT
177	Colloquial	pretend not to understand/know	zafar [v] PA CU PE PY AR UY
Slang
178	Slang	pretend not to notice	hacerse el boludo [v] BO
179	Slang	pretend to be a farmer	gilear [v] SV delinq.
180	Slang	pretend ignorance or distraction	hacerse el gringo [v] CO EC
181	Slang	pretend to be distracted or unaware	hacerse el boludo [v] BO derog.
182	Slang	pretend to be naive about sex	hacerse el cartucho [v] BO
183	Slang	pretend to be unaware	hacerse el putas [v] BO
184	Slang	don't pretend naive	no te hagas güey [expr] MX
Education
185	Education	social pretend play	juego de pretensión social
Folklore
186	Folklore	ceremony held a few days before carnival, where several men and women pretend to meet and complain about themselves publicly to be consecrated as friends	topamiento [m] AR:Nw
187	Folklore	traditional dance performed at festivities of the patron saints, where men dress with colored feathers and clothes to look like animals, while women carry a whip to pretend to beat them	novenantes [m/pl] PE:Se