pretender
/pɾetenˈdeɾ/, [pɾe.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]pretend
Verb pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)
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to intend, to aim (for/to)
- Juan pretende tener su casa propia en tres años.
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Juan intends to have his own house in three years.
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to woo, to court
- Juan pretende a Fernanda porque él siempre le lleva rosas y chocolates
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Juan is courting Fernanda, so he always gives her roses and chocolates.
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(Can we verify this sense?) to pretend (claim, allege)
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Examples
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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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