pretender

/pɾetenˈdeɾ/, [pɾe.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

pretend


Gerund: pretendiendo


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular pretendido pretendida
Plural pretendidos pretendidas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo pretendo pretendía pretendí pretenderé pretendería
pretendes pretendías pretendiste pretenderás pretenderías
él/ella/Ud. pretende pretendía pretendió pretenderá pretendería
nosotros pretendemos pretendíamos pretendimos pretenderemos pretenderíamos
vosotros pretendéis pretendíais pretendisteis pretenderéis pretenderíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. pretenden pretendían pretendieron pretenderán pretenderían
vos pretendés pretendías pretendiste pretenderás pretenderías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo pretenda pretendiera pretendiese pretendiere
pretendas pretendieras pretendieses pretendieres
él/ella/Ud. pretenda pretendiera pretendiese pretendiere
nosotros pretendamos pretendiéramos pretendiésemos pretendiéremos
vosotros pretendáis pretendierais pretendieseis pretendiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. pretendan pretendieran pretendiesen pretendieren
vos pretendás pretendieras pretendieses pretendieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
pretende no pretendas
Ud. pretenda no pretenda
nosotros pretendamos no pretendamos
vosotros pretended no pretendáis
Uds. pretendan no pretendan
vos pretendé no pretendas

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Ninguna religión puede ni tiene derecho a pretender ser la única religión verdadera.

    No religion can nor has the right to claim to be the only true religion.


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