Definition
Acted as if something were true or as if you had certain qualities when you actually didn't.
Etymology
From Latin 'praetendere' meaning to stretch forward, hold up, or put forward a false claim. The meaning shifted from physical stretching to metaphorical claiming or pretending.
Kelly Says
The Latin root literally means 'to stretch forward'—so when you pretend, you're stretching the truth forward in front of people, which is a strangely honest description of what lying actually is!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አሳይቷል
a-say-tov-al
BNবাংলা
ভান করেছিল
bha-an kore-chhil
CACatalà
pretendit
pre-ten-dit
CSČeština
představoval si
preed-st-a-vo-val si
DADansk
pretended
pre-ten-ded
DEDeutsch
vorgetäuscht
for-ge-tausch-t
ELΕλληνικά
είχε φανταστεί
e-che fan-ta-ste-i
ESEspañol
fingió
fi-n-gee-oh
FAفارسی
تصور کرد
tas-oor kar-d
FISuomi
kuvitteli
ku-vi-tte-li
FRFrançais
a prétendu
a pre-ten-doo
GUGU
ભેળવ્યું
bha-e-l-vyu
HEעברית
הדמיה
he-da-mi-ya
HIहिन्दी
झूठा किया
jhoo-tha kee-ya
HUMagyar
felvette
fel-vet-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
berpura-pura
ber-pu-ra-pu-ra
ITItaliano
ha simulata
ha si-moo-la-ta
JA日本語
pretended
pre-ten-ded
KKKK
танып берді
ta-nyp ber-di
KMKM
បានប្រគល់
ba-an-pra-k-lo
KO한국어
가짜로 했다
ga-jja-ro ha-tta
MSBahasa Melayu
berpura-pura
ber-pu-ra-pu-ra
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောဆိုခဲ့
pyau-so-che
NLNederlands
deed alsof
deet als-of
NONorsk
pretended
pre-ten-ded
PLPolski
wydawał się
v-da-wal se
PTPortuguês
fingiu
fi-n-jee-oo
RORomână
a pretins
a pre-tins
RUРусский
притворился
pri-tro-vilsya
SVSvenska
pretended
pre-ten-ded
SWKiswahili
alifanya kama
a-li-fa-nya ka-ma
TEతెలుగు
భావించాడు
bha-a-vin-cha-du
TLTL
pretended
pre-ten-ded
TRTürkçe
iddia etti
id-dia et-ti
UKУкраїнська
прикидався
pri-ki-da-v-sya
URاردو
جھوٹا کہا
joo-tha ka-ha
VITiếng Việt
đã giả vờ
da gya vo
ZUZU
wathint'abafazi
wa-thin-ta aba-fa-zi