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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: престорен (prestoren) — imaginary
• Finnish: teeskennelty — imaginary
• Finnish: teeskentely — imaginary
• French: pour de faux — imaginary
• French: faire semblant — imaginary
• Māori: whakakikokiko — imaginary
• Polish: na niby — imaginary
• Spanish: de mentirijillas — imaginary
• Swedish: på låtsas — imaginary
• Afrikaans: voorgee — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Arabic: تَظَاهَرَ (taẓāhara) — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Bulgarian: престру́вам се (prestrúvam se) — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Bulgarian: симули́рам (simulíram) — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Catalan: fer veure — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Dutch: doen alsof — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Esperanto: komedii — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Finnish: olla tekevinään — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• French: feindre — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• French: faire semblant — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• German: so tun, als ob — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Hindi: ढोंग (ḍhoṅg) — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Icelandic: þykjast — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Irish: lig ar — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Italian: fare finta — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Italian: fingere — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Kabuverdianu: finji — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Māori: whakatakune — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Māori: whakataruna — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Māori: whakangaio — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Portuguese: fingir — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Spanish: aparentar — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Spanish: hacer de — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Spanish: hacer como que — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Spanish: hacer como si — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Tagalog: magkunwari — to make oneself appear (to do something)
• Bulgarian: претенди́рам (pretendíram) — to lay claim to
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to lay claim to
• French: prétendre à — to lay claim to
• Russian: претендовать (pretendovatʹ) — to lay claim to
• Afrikaans: voorgee — to feign (a state)
• Bulgarian: престру́вам се (prestrúvam se) — to feign (a state)
• Dutch: voorgeven — to feign (a state)
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to feign (a state)
• Finnish: tekeytyä — to feign (a state)
• German: vortäuschen — to feign (a state)
• Greek: προσποιούμαι (prospoioúmai) — to feign (a state)
• Hungarian: tettet — to feign (a state)
• Icelandic: þykjast — to feign (a state)
• Irish: lig ar — to feign (a state)
• Kabuverdianu: finji — to feign (a state)
• Kazakh: болғансу (bolğansu) — to feign (a state)
• Kazakh: болып көріну (bolyp körınu) — to feign (a state)
• Māori: whakataruna — to feign (a state)
• Norwegian Bokmål: forstille — to feign (a state)
• Oromo: fakkeessuu — to feign (a state)
• Tagalog: magkunwari — to feign (a state)
• Tamil: நடி (naṭi) — to feign (a state)
• Turkish: numara yapmak — to feign (a state)
• Turkish: rol yapmak — to feign (a state)
• Afrikaans: voorgee — to claim falsely (that)
• Albanian: mëtoj — to claim falsely (that)
• Arabic: اِدَّعَى (iddaʕā) — to claim falsely (that)
• Arabic: زَعَمَ (zaʕama) — to claim falsely (that)
• Belarusian: прыкіда́цца (prykidácca) — to claim falsely (that)
• Belarusian: прыкі́двацца (prykídvacca) — to claim falsely (that)
• Belarusian: прыкі́нуцца (prykínucca) — to claim falsely (that)
• Bulgarian: да́вам вид (dávam vid) — to claim falsely (that)
• Catalan: fingir — to claim falsely (that)
• Catalan: fer veure — to claim falsely (that)
• Chinese Mandarin: 假裝 /假装 (jiǎzhuāng) — to claim falsely (that)
• Chinese Mandarin: 佯裝 /佯装 (yángzhuāng) — to claim falsely (that)
• Czech: předstírat — to claim falsely (that)
• Danish: foregive — to claim falsely (that)
• Dutch: doen alsof — to claim falsely (that)
• Esperanto: hipokriti — to claim falsely (that)
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to claim falsely (that)
• French: prétendre — to claim falsely (that)
• Galician: finxir — to claim falsely (that)
• German: so tun, als ob — to claim falsely (that)
• Icelandic: láta eins og — to claim falsely (that)
• Indonesian: berpura-pura — to claim falsely (that)
• Ingrian: loottiissa — to claim falsely (that)
• Ingrian: näyttää — to claim falsely (that)
• Irish: lig ar — to claim falsely (that)
• Italian: fingere — to claim falsely (that)
• Japanese: ...の振りをする (...no furi o suru) — to claim falsely (that)
• Japanese: 見せ掛ける (misekakeru) — to claim falsely (that)
• Japanese: 装う (yosōu) — to claim falsely (that)
• Kabuverdianu: finji — to claim falsely (that)
• Korean: -ᄂ/는/은/인 체하다 (-n/-neun/-eun/-in chehada) — to claim falsely (that)
• Korean: -ᄂ/는/은/인 척하다 (-n/-neun/-eun/-in cheokhada) — to claim falsely (that)
• Latin: simulo — to claim falsely (that)
• Latin: fingo — to claim falsely (that)
• Lushootseed: ʔiw̓adəb — to claim falsely (that)
• Malay: berlagak — to claim falsely (that)
• Malay: berpura-pura — to claim falsely (that)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: låst — to claim falsely (that)
• Polish: udawać — to claim falsely (that)
• Portuguese: fingir — to claim falsely (that)
• Romanian: preface — to claim falsely (that)
• Romanian: pretinde — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: де́лать вид (délatʹ vid) — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: сде́лать вид (sdélatʹ vid) — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja) — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: притвори́ться (pritvorítʹsja) — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: прики́дываться (prikídyvatʹsja) — to claim falsely (that)
• Russian: прики́нуться (prikínutʹsja) — to claim falsely (that)
• Scottish Gaelic: leig air — to claim falsely (that)
• Slovak: predstierať — to claim falsely (that)
• Spanish: asacar — to claim falsely (that)
• Swedish: låtsas — to claim falsely (that)
• Tagalog: magkunwari — to claim falsely (that)
• Turkish: kandırmak — to claim falsely (that)
• Turkish: üç kağıda getirmek — to claim falsely (that)
• Turkish: uydurmak — to claim falsely (that)
• Ukrainian: удава́ти (udaváty) — to claim falsely (that)
• Ukrainian: вдава́ти (vdaváty) — to claim falsely (that)
• Vietnamese: giả vờ — to claim falsely (that)
• Welsh: cogio — to claim falsely (that)