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s.1 fingimiento, simulación, engaño.2 cuadro, despliegue fingido.ger.gerundio del verbo FEIGN. -
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tr[prɪ'tens]1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL→ link=pretence pretence{1) claim: afirmación f (falsa), pretensión f2) feigning: fingimiento m, simulación fto make a pretense of doing something: fingir hacer algoa pretense of order: una apariencia de orden3) pretext: pretexto munder false pretenses: con pretextos falsos, de manera fraudulentan.• fingimiento s.m.• ostentación s.f.• pretensión s.f.• pretexto s.m.• simulacro s.m.BrE pretence 'priːtens, prɪ'tens, prɪ'tens noun1) c u (simulation, display)to make a pretense of something — fingir* algo
2) (frml)a) c u ( claim)pretense (TO something): he makes no pretense to virtue — no pretende ser virtuoso, no se las da de virtuoso
b) u ( pretentiousness) pretensión f(US)[prɪ'tens] N1) (=make-believe) fingimiento m, simulación f2) (=claim) pretensión f3) (=pretext) pretexto mfalse 1., 2)on or under the pretence of doing sth — so pretexto de hacer algo
4) (=display) ostentación fwithout pretence, devoid of all pretence — sin ostentación
* * *BrE pretence ['priːtens, prɪ'tens, prɪ'tens] noun1) c u (simulation, display)to make a pretense of something — fingir* algo
2) (frml)a) c u ( claim)pretense (TO something): he makes no pretense to virtue — no pretende ser virtuoso, no se las da de virtuoso
b) u ( pretentiousness) pretensión f
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