English-Portuguese translations for pretend

fingirPodemos fingir acreditar nisso?Can we pretend to believe this? Poderemos fingir que isto não vai acontecer? Can we pretend that this will not happen? Não podemos fingir que a responsabilidade é dos auditores. We cannot pretend it is the auditors' fault.

To claim#Verb|claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
To feign, affect#Verb|affect .
To lay claim . (originally used without ''to''
To make oneself appear do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe
To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak#Noun|cloak or disguise#Noun|disguise for something else; to exhibit#Verb|exhibit as a veil#Noun|veil for something hidden
To intend; to design#Verb|design, to plot#Verb|plot; to attempt#Verb|attempt
To hold before one; to extend
Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned

As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbours house, but it was all pretend.

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