La Palabra Del Dia: "fingir"
fingir ( feen-heer' )
verb ( to feign, to pretend )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
Examples:
1. Mi hija fingió tener un resfriado para no tener que ir a la escuela.
My daughter pretended to have a cold to not have to go to school.
2. Cuando era una niña me ponía los tacones y la joyería de mi mamá y fingía ser adulto.
When I was a little girl I would wear my mom's high heels and jewelry and pretend to be an adult.
18 Answers
Fingir que estas bien cuando no lo estas
Pretend that you're fine when you're not fine
¿Para qué fingir? Como soy perfecto, no veo la necesidad.
Why pretend? As I'm perfect I don't see the need.
Tengo que admitirlo. Cuando me para la policía porque iba a exceso de velocidad, siempre finjo que no lo sabía y me disculpo.
Hasta ahora no me han multado. 
I have to admit it. When the police officer stops me because I am speeding, I always pretend that I didn't know that I was doing that and I say that I am very sorry.
So far, no tickets.
Es probable que esté fingiendo ser un vagabundo.
He’s probably just pretending to be a bum.
A veces finjo que soy un cantante y le canto a mis vecinos
pero todos sus perros me ladran.
Sometimes I pretend I'm a singer, and I sing to my neighbours,
but all their dogs bark at me.
¡Voy a finger hacer de cuenta que no tenía tuve ningún problema con La Palabra del Día de hoy!
I'm going to pretend that I didn't have any problems with today's word of the day!
Su matrimonio se anuló porque él fingió ser alguien que no era.
(Su matrimonio es nulo, porque él estaba fingiendo que es otra persona.)
Their marriage is void, because he was pretending to be someone else.
Tuvo que fingir un dolor de cabeza para tomar el dia libre.
She had to feign a headache in order to take the day off.
Vamos a fingir que nunca me vieron aquí. Lets pretend that you have never seen me here.
Everyday, Ellie pretended she was a new character from her storybooks.
Todos los días Cada día, Ellie fingía que era pretendía ser un personaje nuevo de unos de sus libros de cuentos.
Las adivinas fingen que pueden ver el futuro. Ahorra tu dinero y no caigas en la trampa.
Fortune tellers pretend that they can see the future. Save your money and don't fall in the trap.
Cuando yo era niño me gustaba fingir que era Robin. No Batman, Robin.
When I was a kid I liked to pretend that I was Robin. Not Batman, Robin.
Este hombre fingió estar escandalizado ¡escandalizado! cuando supo que el establecimiento permitió juegos de apuesto allí.
This man feigned to be shocked - shocked! - when he found out the establishment allowed gambling there.
El hombre fingió estar enamorado de la mujer rica para poderle robar su dinero.
The man pretended to be in love with the rich woman so he could steal her money.
Corrections in bold
Soy tan impaciente, que ni siquiera puedo fingir que soy paciente!
I am so impatient, I cannot even pretend that I am patient!
I know this one needs some grammar help! Gracias!
