pretended in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.pretend [Am prəˈtɛnd, Brit prɪˈtɛnd] VB trans

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II.pretend [Am prəˈtɛnd, Brit prɪˈtɛnd] VB intr

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III.pretend [Am prəˈtɛnd, Brit prɪˈtɛnd] ADJ used to or by children

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fingió sorpresa
he pretended to be surprised
fingir + infinit.
to pretend to +  infinit.
fingía saberlo
she pretended o she made out that she knew
fingía saberlo
she pretended to know
fingir
to pretend
se fingió apenado
he pretended o made out that he was sorry
se fingió apenado
he pretended to be sorry
se hizo el encontradizo inf
he pretended he had just bumped into me/her
me hice/se hizo el sueco inf
I/he pretended not to have heard (o seen etc.)
simuló tristeza
she pretended to be sad
me vio pero se hizo la disimulada
she saw me but she pretended she hadn't
hacerse el de las gafas negras inf
to pretend not to notice (o see etc.)
hacerse pato Mex inf
to pretend not to know anything
si te pregunta por mí, tú hazte pato
if he asks after me, make out o pretend you don't know anything
cuando se lo recordé se hizo pato
when I reminded him of it, he pretended not to know what I was talking about
no te hagas el desentendido, es un problema que nos incumbe a los dos
don't act as if o don't pretend it's nothing to do with you, it's a problem that concerns us both
le tocaba pagar a él pero se hizo el desentendido
it was his turn to pay but he pretended not to notice
hacerse el/la longui o el/la longuis
to pretend one hasn't heard (o noticed etc.)

pretended in the PONS Dictionary

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pretended Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pretend to be interested
fingir interés
to pretend to be dead
hacerse el muerto
to pretend to be sb
hacerse pasar por alguien
the children pretended that they were dinosaurs
los niños imaginaban que eran dinosaurios
I don't pretend to know
no pretendo saber
he pretended that he was ill
pretextó que estaba enfermo
he pretended not to have understood
no se dio por enterado
to pretend to not know about sth
desentenderse de algo
he pretended not to have heard the comment
figuró no haber oído el comentario
he pretended he hadn't seen me
hizo como que no me vio
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He then pretended to be dead and managed to escape the following morning.
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Rather than initiating true economic reform, states only pretended to adjust their policies.
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Guo pretended to agree, but did not actually do so.
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Before she can act, he leaps from his wheelchair - having only pretended to be disabled - and attacks her.
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He was the interpreter, and they pretended he wasn't there.
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The doctor pretended to be a sewing machine salesman.
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She pretended to like them to help gain the role.
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As a child, after school she often pretended to be a teacher while playing with her friends.
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He found out she only pretended to like him only to gain personal information about him.
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He prepared an ambush and set fire to his own camp and pretended to retreat.
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