pretend to

Hangisinin daha kötü olduğunu bilmiyorum: aptal olmak mı yoksa aptalmış gibi yapmak mı? - I don't know what's worse: being stupid or pretending to be stupid.

Hava Diyeti: Mış gibi yapmak varken neden yiyesiniz! - The Air Diet: Why Eat When You Can Pretend!

pretend

rolüne girmek

Sen en azından senin burada olmak istediğini taklit edebilir misin? - Can you at least pretend you want to be here?

Hangisinin daha kötü olduğunu bilmiyorum: aptal olmak mı yoksa aptalmış gibi yapmak mı? - I don't know what's worse: being stupid or pretending to be stupid.

(to ile) -e sahipmiş gibi davranmak

{f} rolüne girmek, olmak: You pretend to be the cat and I'll be the mouse. Sen kedi ol, ben de fare olayım

English - English

Definition of pretend to in English English dictionary: act as if; falsely represent oneself
pretend: to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is, often incorrectly and knowingly
Don't pretend you didn't know about this!.
pretend: To claim, allege, assert, contend, declare
pretend: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
pretend: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
pretend: {v} to play the hypocrit, feign, counterfeit, allege falsely, say, claim, hold before
pretend: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King
pretend: To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship
pretend: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
pretend: {s} simulated, feigned, make-believe
pretend: To hold before one; to extend
pretend: To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; usually with to
pretend: If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams. imaginary or not real - used especially by children
pretend: To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt
pretend: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
pretend: To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep
pretend: To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden
pretend: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
pretend: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
pretend: To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim
pretend: If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game. She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music
pretend: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
pretend: {f} present a false image or appearance; impersonate; act in a role; claim, assert
pretend: If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep I had no option but to pretend ignorance
pretend: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
pretend: put on an act

pretend to

Hyphenation

pre·tend to

Turkish pronunciation

pritend tı

Pronunciation

/prēˈtend tə/ /priːˈtɛnd tə/

Etymology

[ pri-'tend ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Latin praetendere to allege as an excuse, literally, to stretch out, from prae- pre- + tendere to stretch; more at THIN.