Español > pretender: 6 sentidos > verbo 1, social| Sentido | make an effort or attempt. |
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| Sinónimos | buscar, ensayar, intentar, probar, tratar |
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| Implicado por | acceder, conseguir, cumplir lo prometido, ganar, lograr, salir adelante, tener éxito, triumfar, triunfar | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal |
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| Específico | afanarse, empeñarse, esforzarse, luchar, procurar | attempt by employing effort |
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| apostar, arriesgarse, arriesgar, aventurarse, aventurar, correr un riesgo, poner en peligro | Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
| arriesgar | expose to a chance of loss or damage |
| batallar, luchar, pugnar | make a strenuous or labored effort |
| intentar hacer algo, probar | make an attempt at something |
| tantear | Search blindly or uncertainly |
| General | actuar, hacer, llevar a cabo, obrar | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| También | demostrar, ensayar, examinar, probar, testear, tratar | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to |
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| Inglés | try, seek, attempt, essay, assay |
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| Catalán | buscar, intentar |
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| Nombres | conato, deber, esfuerzo, intento, tentativa | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
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| ensayo | A tentative attempt |
Español > pretender: 6 sentidos > verbo 2, communication| Sentido | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive. |
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| Sinónimos | afectar, aparentar, fingir, simular |
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| Específico | hacer tongo | pretend / pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer |
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| hacerse el muerto | To pretend / pretend to be dead |
| liar, parlotear | Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths |
| General | contradecir, desfigurar, desvirtuar, falsificar, tergiversar | represent falsely |
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| Similar | pretender | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
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| Inglés | feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble |
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| Catalán | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular |
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| Nombres | absentista, escaqueado, remolón, simulador, zanguango | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity |
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| apariencia, disimulo, fingimiento, pretensión | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
| camandulero, comediante, embustero, falso, fariseo, farsante, hipócrita, impostor, mentiroso, santurrón, tartufo | A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
| embaucador, embustero, farsante, impostora, impostor, simulador | A person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| fachada, fingimiento, simulación | The act of giving a false / false / false appearance |
| impostura | Something that is a counterfeit |
