pretendía in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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1. pretender (intentar, aspirar):

¿qué pretendes con esa actitud?
what do you hope to gain with that attitude?
¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo?
are you trying to get me to do your work, or what?
¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo?
what are you after? you want me to do your work? inf
¿qué pretendes de mí?
what do you expect of me?
¿qué pretendes de mí?
what do you expect me to do?
pretender + infinit.
to try to +  infinit.
no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola
you're not going to try to do it o try and do it alone
pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión
her intention was to make me change my mind
pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión
she was trying to make me change my mind
pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión
she was out to make me change my mind inf
¿qué pretendes decir con eso?
what do you mean by that?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso?
what are you trying to say?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso?
what are you getting at?
pretende engañarme con sus mentiras
he's trying to fool me with his lies
con la campaña se pretende llamar la atención sobre el problema
it is hoped that the campaign will draw attention to the problem
(pretender que + subj) ¿pretendes que crea esa mentira?
do you expect me to believe such a lie?
si pretendes que te aprueben porque eres mi hijo, estás muy equivocado
if you expect them to pass you o if you're hoping they'll pass you because you're my son, you're badly mistaken
solo pretendo que sea feliz
I just want her to be happy
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no contento con que le prestara el coche, pretendía que le pagase el peaje
not content o satisfied with me lending him the car, he expected me to pay for the tolls as well

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the remark was not intended to be humorous
el comentario no pretendía ser gracioso
he deceitfully claimed to have been given permission
pretendía, faltando a la verdad, que le habían dado permiso
he professed to be an expert
pretendía ser un experto
to purport to + infin
pretender +  infin
it was meant to be funny, but it didn't come off at all
pretendía ser cómico, pero no tuvo ninguna gracia
pretend
pretender
I won't pretend to give you advice
no voy a pretender darte consejos
to pretend to
pretender
to pretend to the throne
pretender el trono
the whole point of these meetings was to … !
¡lo que se pretendía con estas reuniones era precisamente … !
he expected me to pay
esperaba or pretendía que yo pagara

pretendía in the PONS Dictionary

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pretendía Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

pretender subir de categoría
to be seeking promotion
no puedes pretender que te traten con corrección si...
you can't expect them to treat you with respect if ...
no pretendía molestar
I didn't mean to disturb you
no se puede pretender ganarlas todas
you can't win them all
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