to pretend
01
låtsas, simulera
to act in a specific way in order to make others believe that something is the case when actually it is not so
Transitive: to pretend to do sth
Exempel
The spy pretended to be a tourist while gathering information in a foreign country.
Spionen låtsades vara en turist medan han samlade information i ett främmande land.
02
låtsas, simulera
to act as if experiencing or having an emotion or trait without truly feeling it
Transitive: to pretend an emotion
Exempel
He pretended confidence during the presentation, masking his nerves.
Han låtsades vara självsäker under presentationen och dolde sina nerver.
03
låtsas, simulera
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Transitive: to pretend to do sth | to pretend that
Exempel
He pretended his stuffed animals were students in his classroom.
Han låtsades att hans stuffedjur var elever i hans klassrum.
Exempel
He can not pretend to any claim of ownership over the house without legal papers.
Han kan inte göra anspråk på någon äganderätt över huset utan juridiska papper.
Pretend
01
låtsas, sken
the enactment of a pretense
pretend
01
fiktiv, imaginär
imagined as in a play
Lexikalt Träd
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