pretend
faz de conta
definition
verb
I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep
speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
he cannot pretend to sophistication
lay claim to (a quality or title).
adjective
the children are pouring out pretend tea for the dolls
not really what it is represented as being; used in a game or deception.
translation of 'pretend'
verb
pretender,
tentar,
aparentar,
pretextar,
alegar,
simular,
fingir
example
I don't know why the 'pretend' face ruined it for me, but it did.
There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a 'pretend' one).
This fantasy allows us to 'pretend' that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count.
Back then I used to play games and 'pretend' I was a secret agent and such.
It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and 'pretend' we were pirates on a quest for gold.
I can't be the only adult to play for 'pretend' money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me.
He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as 'pretend' snow.
You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a 'pretend' celebrity with a wallet to be taxed.
Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off 'pretend' sea gulls, you understand.
Fearing the worst, he decides to 'pretend' that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in.
It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat 'pretend' chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea.
The dolls are to be served a 'pretend' lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate.
See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to 'pretend' surprise that the Government lies.
They could 'pretend' that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback.
He wants to see Catherine and wants her to 'pretend' that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together.
As long as we're playing make believe, why not 'pretend' that plot matters.
Jerry will 'pretend' he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy!
We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for 'pretend' purposes.
In the home center, children prepare a 'pretend' picnic for an imaginary vacation.
And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a 'pretend' human being?
When he does, will he play the party game and try to 'pretend' the elephants aren't there?
Before we knew it, it was time to say goodnight - the 'pretend' goodnight before the encore - so we knew there was more.
Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to 'pretend' that Lisa is somehow still alive.
For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to 'pretend' that she lived in high society.
I am glad that he knows when to 'pretend' fear; it might save his non-life some day.
If using 'pretend' news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy.
At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a 'pretend' way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves.
‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a 'pretend' treaty,’ he said.
Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in 'pretend' bomb-making equipment in his rucksack.
The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and 'pretend' that you haven't seen it.
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