Pretend - Prétendre (The 1154th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Pretend is Prétendre. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1154th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as verb. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

en English: pretend

fr French: prétendre

Examples

en fr
I'll pretend this never happened. Je vais prétendre que ceci n'est jamais arrivé.
You can't pretend it didn't happen. Tu ne peux pas prétendre que cela ne soit pas arrivé.
Some item of interest or beauty you can both pretend to admire for five minutes before she hops on your disco stick. Un objet intéressant ou beau qu'on peut prétendre admirer pendant cinq minutes avant qu'elle ne se mette en piste.
It seems kida cruel to keep pretending that their father's alive. C'est un peu cruel de prétendre que leur père est toujours en vie.
This is not pretend or make believe Ce n'est pas prétendre ou faire croire
I could pretend to have a stroke. Je pourrais prétendre avoir une attaque.
I can't pretend to approve of divorce. Je ne peux prétendre approuver le divorce.
To try to pretend otherwise is disingenuous in the extreme. Essayer de prétendre autrement est extrêmement malhonnête.

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Pretend - Prétendre (The 1154th Most Common French Word)
The least you could do is pretend to appreciate it. Vous pourriez au moins prétendre d'apprécier.
The first was to pretend that you brought truth. La première était de prétendre apporter la vérité.
But I would never pretend to be a medical expert. Pour autant, je ne saurais prétendre être devenu un expert médical.
The most common way of infection for those viruses is to pretend a good tool. La méthode de pénétration très commune pour ces virus est de prétendre un outil digne.
We believe that first of all we must consolidate our institutions before pretending to be a model to follow. Nous pensons que nous devons consolider nos institutions avant de prétendre être un exemple.
This invention will solves precisely this problem without to pretend to remove the phenomenon. Cette invention résout précisément ce problème sans prétendre supprimer le phénomène.
Looks like I don't have to pretend I care. J'ai plus besoin de prétendre m'en soucier.
He pretended to be ignorant. Il prétendit être ignorant.
He hid his emotions and pretended enthusiasm. Il a caché ses émotions et a prétendu être enthousiaste.
I don't pretend to understand global warming. Je ne prétends pas comprendre le réchauffement climatique.
Tom pretended to be rich. Tom a prétendu être riche.
Tom pretended to be Canadian. Tom a prétendu être Canadien.
Mary pretended to be insulted. Mary a prétendu se sentir insultée.

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Pretend - Prétendre (The 1154th Most Common French Word)

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