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1 pretender
v.1 to claim.Ella pretende la casa y el auto She claims the house and the car.2 to apply for.3 to court.4 to want, to seek, to go after, to aspire to obtain.Ella pretendió una hazaña peligrosa She attempted a dangerous feat.5 to want to, to intend to, to mean to, to try to.Ella pretende viajar en la tormenta She intends to travel in the storm.6 to intend to marry, to court, to pay court to.Ricardo pretende a María Richard intends to marry Mary.7 to be intended to, to be meant to, to be needed to.8 to feign, to pretend, to purport, to sham.Ella pretende un desmayo She feigns a fainting spell.* * *1 (querer) to want to2 (intentar) to try to3 (cortejar) to court* * *verb1) to attempt2) seek3) claim4) intend* * *VT1) (=aspirar a)¿qué pretende usted? — what are you after?, what do you hope to achieve?
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pretender hacer algo, pretendió convencerme — he tried to convince me¿qué pretende usted decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?
pretender que — + subjun to expect that...
¡no pretenderás que te pague la comida! — you're not expecting me to pay for your meal, are you?
2) frm (=afirmar) to claim3) † (=cortejar) to woo, court* * *verbo transitivo1)a) (intentar, aspirar)¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? — what do you hope to gain with that attitude?
¿qué pretendes de mí? — what do you expect of me?
pretender + INF — to try to + inf
no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola — you're not going to try to do it alone, are you?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso? — what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?
b) ( esperar)¿pretendes que te crea? — do you expect me to believe you?
2) (ant) < mujer> to woo (dated)* * *verbo transitivo1)a) (intentar, aspirar)¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? — what do you hope to gain with that attitude?
¿qué pretendes de mí? — what do you expect of me?
pretender + INF — to try to + inf
no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola — you're not going to try to do it alone, are you?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso? — what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?
b) ( esperar)¿pretendes que te crea? — do you expect me to believe you?
2) (ant) < mujer> to woo (dated)* * *pretender11 = intend, make + pretence, purport, be out to + Verbo, lay + claim(s) to, look to.Ex: The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves.
Ex: This account makes no pretence of being comprehensive and for a through treatment of these areas other texts should be consulted.Ex: The LA purports to act as a professional body, but some of its bye-laws are the very antithesis of professionalism.Ex: Clearly the cataloguer is out to produce a description in a standard order.Ex: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.Ex: Those with more faith than I look to gigantic electronic archives maintained by governments and private companies that will ensure the indefinite survival of the electronic records of humankind.* no pretender ser = make + no claim to.* pretender hacer = try.* pretender lograr lo imposible = square + the circle.* pretender lo imposible = square + the circle.pretender22 = pretend, feign.Ex: We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.
Ex: 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = "¿Estás segura de que sabes qué hacer?" "Estoy segura", respondió con una seguridad todavía ligeramente fingida.* pretender + poseer = claim.* * *pretender [E1 ]vtA(intentar, aspirar): ¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? what do you hope to gain with that attitude?¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo? are you trying to get me to do your work, or what?, what are you after? you want me to do your work? ( colloq)¿qué pretendes de mí? what do you expect of me?, what do you expect me to do?pretender + INF to try to + INFno pretenderás hacerlo tú sola you're not going to try to do it o try and do it alonepretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión her intention was to make me change my mind, she was trying to o ( colloq) she was out to make me change my mind¿qué pretendes decir con eso? what do you mean by that?, what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?pretende engañarme con sus mentiras he's trying to fool me with his liescon la campaña se pretende llamar la atención sobre el problema it is hoped that the campaign will draw attention to the problempretender QUE + SUBJ:¿pretendes que crea esa mentira? do you expect me to believe such a lie?si pretendes que te aprueben porque eres mi hijo, estás muy equivocado if you expect them to pass you o if you're hoping they'll pass you because you're my son, you're badly mistakensólo pretendo que sea feliz I just want her to be happyla pretenden varios hombres several men are wooing her o are trying to win her hand ( dated)* * *
pretender ( conjugate pretender) verbo transitivo:◊ ¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? what do you hope to gain with that attitude?;
pretendía entrar sin pagar he was trying to get in without paying;
no pretendo saberlo todo I don't claim to know everything;
lo único que pretendía era ayudar I was only trying to help;
¿pretendes que te crea? do you expect me to believe you?
pretender verbo transitivo
1 (aspirar, intentar) to expect, try to: pretendía que le diera la razón, he was trying to make me agree with him
pretende ser actriz, she hopes to become an actress
2 (simular) to try: pretendió no habernos visto, he pretended he hadn't seen us
3 frml (cortejar) to woo, court
' pretender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pretendienta
- pretendiente
- aspirar
English:
aim at
- allege
- make out
- pretend
- pretender
- purport
* * *pretender vtpretendo comprarme una casa I'm hoping to buy a house;pretende llegar a presidente he aims to become president;no sé qué pretende con esa actitud I don't know what he hopes to achieve with that attitude;¿pretendes que te crea? do you expect me to believe you?;¿qué pretendes decir? what do you mean?;¿no pretenderás que te deje el dinero? you don't really expect me to lend you the money, do you?2. [simular] to pretend;pretende estar estudiando he pretends he's studying3. [afirmar] to claim4. [cortejar] to court* * *v/t:pretender hacer algo try to do sth* * *pretender vt1) intentar: to attempt, to trypretendo estudiar: I'm trying to study2) afirmar: to claimpretende ser pobre: he claims he's poor3) : to seek, to aspire to¿qué pretendes tú?: what are you after?4) cortejar: to court5)pretender que : to expect¿pretendes que lo crea?: do you expect me to believe you?* * *pretender vb1. (querer) to want¿quién es usted? ¿qué pretende? who are you? what do you want? -
2 pretender
preten'đɛrv irrverbo transitivo1. [intentar]2. [aspirar]3. [afirmar]4. [solicitar] sich bewerben um (A)5. [cortejar] umwerbenpretenderpretender [preteDC489F9Dn̩DC489F9D'der]num2num (pedir) beanspruchen; ¿qué pretendes que haga? was soll ich tun?; no puedes pretender que te traten con corrección si... du kannst nicht verlangen, dass die Leute höflich zu dir sind, wenn...num4num (intentar) versuchennum5num (afirmar) behaupten -
3 pretender
vt1) стремиться ( к чему-либо)2) притязать, иметь притязания ( на что-либо)3) домогаться ( чего-либо); претендовать ( на что-либо)4) ухаживать, домогаться руки ( женщины)5) утверждать, уверять -
4 pretender
1) просить, ходатайствовать, хлопотать2) домогаться; навязываться с услугами; приставать3) утверждать4) стремиться к чему-л. -
5 pretender
гл.1) общ. добиваться, иметь претензию, претендовать, претендовать на, утверждать (вопреки истине), иметь притязание (на что-л.), искать работу, свататься, требовать, стремиться (к чему-л.)2) книжн. притязать на +3) юр. домогаться, навязываться с услугами, приставать, просить, хлопотать, ходатайствовать, стремиться к (чему-л.) -
6 pretender
vt1) algo; que + Subj претендова́ть на что; + инфа) стреми́ться к чему, ста́вить свое́й це́лью что; + инф, добива́ться чего; чтобы...б) tb que + Ind ( без серьёзных оснований) заявля́ть свои́ прете́нзии, притяза́ть, наде́яться на что, тж утвержда́ть, что...pretendo no molestar a nadie — вежл я наде́юсь, (что) я никому́ не меша́ю
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7 pretender
• attempt to• intend to• intend to marry• make a claim for• mean to• pay compression• pay courtesy• purply• purport to be• try to -
8 pretender
• tvrdit• zamýšlet* * *• mít v úmyslu• snažit se -
9 pretender (a u.c.)
• dělat si nároky (na co)• usilovat (o co) -
10 pretender (u.c.)
• ucházet se (o co) -
11 pretender
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12 PRETENDER
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13 pretender
tr 1) претендирам; искам; 2) опитвам се, стремя се към, домогвам се; 3) ухажвам; 4) кандидатствам за служба; 5) твърдя, уверявам. -
14 pretender
vt1) стремиться ( к чему-либо)2) притязать, иметь притязания ( на что-либо)3) домогаться ( чего-либо); претендовать ( на что-либо)4) ухаживать, домогаться руки ( женщины)5) утверждать, уверять -
15 pretender
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16 pretender subir de categoría
pretender subir de categoríaeine Beförderung anstreben -
17 pretender + poseer
(v.) = claimEx. The present haphazard system of producing needed information experts allows a wide range of personnel to claim information skills.* * *(v.) = claimEx: The present haphazard system of producing needed information experts allows a wide range of personnel to claim information skills.
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18 pretender hacer
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19 pretender lo imposible
(v.) = square + the circleEx. The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.* * *(v.) = square + the circleEx: The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.
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20 pretender lograr lo imposible
(v.) = square + the circleEx. The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.* * *(v.) = square + the circleEx: The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.
См. также в других словарях:
pretender — [prē ten′dər, priten′dər] n. 1. a person who pretends 2. a claimant to a throne 3. an aspirant 4. [P ] in English history, the son or the grandson of James II: see OLD PRETENDER, YOUNG PRETENDER … English World dictionary
Pretender — Pre*tend er, n. 1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. Specifically, The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretender — Se conjuga como: temer Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: pretender pretendiendo pretendido Indicativo presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. pretendo pretendes pretende… … Wordreference Spanish Conjugations Dictionary
pretender — index fake, pedant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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pretender — (Del lat. praetendĕre). 1. tr. Querer ser o conseguir algo. 2. Hacer diligencias para conseguir algo. 3. Dicho de una persona: Cortejar a otra … Diccionario de la lengua española
pretender — ► NOUN ▪ a person who claims or aspires to a title or position … English terms dictionary
Pretender — A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. The English word comes from the French word prétendre , meaning to put forward, to profess or claim . The term pretender is also applied to those… … Wikipedia
Pretender — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel Pretender Originaltitel The Pretender Produkti … Deutsch Wikipedia
pretender — n. a pretender to (a pretender to a throne) * * * [prɪ tendə] a pretender to (a pretender to a throne) … Combinatory dictionary
pretender — (Del lat. praetendere, tender por delante.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Desear hacer o conseguir una cosa: ■ pretende comprarse ese abrigo tan caro. IRREG. participio .tb: pretenso SINÓNIMO procurar 2 Intentar aparentar una cosa que no es verdad: ■ … Enciclopedia Universal