pretend

Etymology
From, (🇨🇬), from , present active infinitive of , from  + ; see.

Verb

 * 1) To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
 * 2) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
 * 3) To lay claim  (an ability, status, advantage, etc.).  (originally used without to)
 * 4) To make oneself appear  do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
 * 5)  To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
 * 6)  To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
 * 7)  To hold before one; to extend.
 * 1) To lay claim  (an ability, status, advantage, etc.).  (originally used without to)
 * 2) To make oneself appear  do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
 * 3)  To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
 * 4)  To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
 * 5)  To hold before one; to extend.
 * 1)  To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
 * 2)  To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
 * 3)  To hold before one; to extend.
 * 1)  To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
 * 2)  To hold before one; to extend.
 * 1)  To hold before one; to extend.
 * 1)  To hold before one; to extend.

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Afrikaans: voorgee
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِدَّعَى,
 * Belarusian: прыкіда́цца, прыкі́двацца, прыкі́нуцца
 * Bulgarian: да́вам вид
 * Catalan:, fer veure
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: foregive
 * Dutch:, doen alsof, ,
 * Esperanto: hipokriti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: finxir
 * German:, ,
 * Ingrian: loottiissa, näyttää
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: finji
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: simulo, fingo
 * Lushootseed: ʔiw̓adəb
 * Malay: berlagak, berpura-pura
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, сде́лать вид; , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leig air
 * Slovak: predstierať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magkunwari
 * Turkish:, üç kağıda getirmek ,
 * Ukrainian: удава́ти, вдава́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: voorgee
 * Bulgarian: престру́вам се
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kabuverdianu: finji
 * Maori: whakataruna
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forstille
 * Oromo: fakkeessuu
 * Tagalog: magkunwari
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: prétendre à


 * Afrikaans: voorgee
 * Arabic: تَظَاهَرَ
 * Bulgarian: престру́вам се,
 * Catalan: fer veure
 * Esperanto: komedii
 * Finnish:, olla tekevinään
 * French: ,
 * German:, tun, als ob, nur so tun, , present participle +
 * Icelandic: þykjast
 * Italian: fare finta
 * Kabuverdianu: finji
 * Maori: whakatakune, whakataruna, whakatakune
 * Tagalog: magkunwari


 * Italian: far credere
 * Kabuverdianu: finji
 * Maori: whakatakune

Adjective

 * 1) Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
 * As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: whakakikokiko
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: de mentirijillas
 * Swedish: på låtsas

Noun

 * 1)  the act of engaging in pretend play.

Usage notes
When used as a noun, pretend is almost exclusively preceded by some form of play, as in "playing pretend". Formally, the activity is more likely to be called pretend play, or roleplay when the participants are not children.