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English

Etymology

Noun

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold.
A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

Synonyms

Related terms

pretend

Translations

Norwegian: {{t-|no|tronpretendent|m}}

Russian: {{t-|ru|самозванец|m|tr=samozvánec|sc=Cyrl}}

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Spanish

Verb

to pretend.
:Juan pretendió estar muerto para evitar que el oso lo atacara. Juan pretended to be dead so the bear wouldn't attack him.
to intend.
:Juan pretende tener casa propia en tres años. Juan intends to have his own house in three years.
to woo; to court.
:Juan pretende a Fernanda porque él siempre le lleva rosas y chocolates. Juan courts Fernanda, so he always gives her roses and chocolates.

Conjugation

Usage notes

Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean "to pretend" as of the second and third definition . The word for "to pretend" in Spanish is fingir.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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
Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
[1913 Webster]

It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are
the confident pretenders to certainty. --Glanvill.
[1913 Webster]

2. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet pretender
n 1: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually
without just title)
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor,
fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud,
role player]
3: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not
hold [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney]

Moby Dictionary
actor , affecter , arrogator , aspirant , blagueur , bluff , bluffer ,
candidate , charlatan , claimant , deceiver , fake , faker , fourflusher ,
fraud , hollow man , humbug , impersonator , impostor , malingerer ,
man of straw , mannerist , mountebank , paper tiger , performer , phony ,
playactor , poser , poseur , quack , quacksalver , quackster , ringer ,
rival , saltimbanco , seeker , sham , shammer , straw man , suitor ,
usurper