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Results for: "pretend"

Translating from English to Finnish

Translations:

pretend — to feign, act as if
→ teeskennellä
→ tekeytyä

More translations:

pretend
→ leikkiä
pretend
→ teeskennellä

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. the enactment of a pretense

    • “it was just pretend”
    Synonymsmake-believe

VERB 6

  1. make believe with the intent to deceive

    • “He feigned that he was ill”
    • “He shammed a headache”
    Synonymsfeignshamaffectdissemble

  2. behave unnaturally or affectedly

    • “She's just acting”
    Synonymsdissembleact

  3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

    • “pretend the title of King”
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  1. 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”
    Synonymsguessventurehazard

  2. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

    • “She makes like an actress”
    Synonymsmakemake believe

  3. 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”
    Synonymsprofess

ADJECTIVE 1

  1. imagined as in a play

    • “the make-believe world of theater”
    • “play money”
    • “dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish”
    Synonymsmake-believe