pretender
pretender(
preh
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tehn
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dehr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to want)
2. (to affirm) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. to claim
No puedes pretender que no hay desigualdad salarial entre los hombres y las mujeres.You cannot claim that there is no wage inequality between men and women.
3. (to court)
a. to woo
En mi cultura, los hombres aún pretenden a las mujeres con ramos de rosas.In my culture, men still woo women with bouquets of roses.
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Conjugations
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| ellos/ellas/Uds. |
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