How to pronounce pretender

pretender example in a phrase

• La infancia tiene sus propias maneras de ver, pensar y sentir; nada hay más insensato que pretender sustituirlas por las nuestras. ("Emilio o De la educación", Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

  La infancia tiene sus propias maneras de ver, pensar y sentir; nada hay más insensato que pretender sustituirlas por las nuestras. ("Emilio o De la educación", Jean-Jacques Rousseau) pronunciation
  Pronunciation by Covarrubias (Male from Spain)

Translation of pretender

Definition of pretender

• Intentar conseguir algo que se expresa
• Intentar aparentar una cosa que se expresa y que en realidad no es cierta

Synonyms of pretender

• intentar pronunciation
  intentar [es]
• procurar pronunciation
  procurar [es]
• probar pronunciation
  probar [es]
• ensayar pronunciation
  ensayar [es]
• acometer pronunciation
  acometer [es]
• proyectar pronunciation
  proyectar [es]
• tratar pronunciation
  tratar [es]
• aspirar pronunciation
  aspirar [es]
• ambicionar pronunciation
  ambicionar [es]
• codiciar pronunciation
  codiciar [es]

Definition of pretender

• a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
• a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

Synonyms of pretender

• charlatan pronunciation
  charlatan [en]
• cheat pronunciation
  cheat [en]
• deceiver pronunciation
  deceiver [en]
• swindler pronunciation
  swindler [en]
• humbug pronunciation
  humbug [en]
• elitist pronunciation
  elitist [en]
• upstart pronunciation
  upstart [en]

Translation of pretender

Definition of pretender

• querer, desejar
• desejar;
• apetecer

Synonyms of pretender

• desejar pronunciation
  desejar [pt]
• almejar pronunciation
  almejar [pt]
• aspirar pronunciation
  aspirar [pt]