pretendía

intended, pretended

Verb pretendía

First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of pretender.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of pretender.

Examples

Si hubiera sabido lo que pretendía, puede que hubiera evitado esta debacle.

Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.

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Pretendía verla antes de salir del pueblo.

He was expecting to see her before he left town.

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Ella no pretendía dejarle que la besara.

She didn't intend to let him kiss her.

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¿Qué pretendía?

What was he up to?

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Pretendía haber sido médico.

I intended to have been a doctor.

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Tom se preguntaba cuánto equipaje pretendía llevar María.

Tom wondered how much luggage Mary was planning to take.

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Solo pretendía hacer lo que era mejor.

I only meant to do what was best.

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No pretendía asustarte.

I didn't mean to frighten you.

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Debe observarse que Dole no pretendía cambiar la configuración del protocolo de comunicaciones.

It should be noted that Dole did not intend to change the configuration of the communication protocol.

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Ella pretendía ir de compras.

She intended to go shopping.

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