pretendía nell'Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traduzioni di pretendía nel dizionario spagnolo»inglese

pretender VB vb trans

1. pretender (intentar, aspirar):

¿qué pretendes con esa actitud?

what do you hope to gain with that attitude?

¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo?

are you trying to get me to do your work, or what?

¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo?

what are you after? you want me to do your work? colloq

¿qué pretendes de mí?

what do you expect of me?

¿qué pretendes de mí?

what do you expect me to do?

pretender + infinit.

to try to +  infinit.

no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola

you're not going to try to do it o try and do it alone

pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión

her intention was to make me change my mind

pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión

she was trying to make me change my mind

pretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión

she was out to make me change my mind colloq

¿qué pretendes decir con eso?

what do you mean by that?

¿qué pretendes decir con eso?

what are you trying to say?

¿qué pretendes decir con eso?

what are you getting at?

pretende engañarme con sus mentiras

he's trying to fool me with his lies

con la campaña se pretende llamar la atención sobre el problema

it is hoped that the campaign will draw attention to the problem

(pretender que + subj) ¿pretendes que crea esa mentira?

do you expect me to believe such a lie?

si pretendes que te aprueben porque eres mi hijo, estás muy equivocado

if you expect them to pass you o if you're hoping they'll pass you because you're my son, you're badly mistaken

solo pretendo que sea feliz

I just want her to be happy

2. pretender disuso mujer:

pretender

to woo disuso

la pretenden varios hombres

several men are wooing her o are trying to win her hand disuso

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no contento con que le prestara el coche, pretendía que le pagase el peaje

not content o satisfied with me lending him the car, he expected me to pay for the tolls as well

Traduzioni di pretendía nel dizionario inglese»spagnolo

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the remark was not intended to be humorous

el comentario no pretendía ser gracioso

he deceitfully claimed to have been given permission

pretendía, faltando a la verdad, que le habían dado permiso

he professed to be an expert

pretendía ser un experto

to purport to + infin

pretender +  infin

it was meant to be funny, but it didn't come off at all

pretendía ser cómico, pero no tuvo ninguna gracia

pretend

pretender

I won't pretend to give you advice

no voy a pretender darte consejos

to pretend to

pretender

to pretend to the throne

pretender el trono

the whole point of these meetings was to … !

¡lo que se pretendía con estas reuniones era precisamente … !

he expected me to pay

esperaba or pretendía que yo pagara

pretendía nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di pretendía nel dizionario spagnolo»inglese

pretender VB vb trans

1. pretender (aspirar a):

pretender

to aspire to

pretender subir de categoría

to be seeking promotion

2. pretender (pedir):

pretender

to expect

¿qué pretendes que haga?

what do you want me to do?

no puedes pretender que te traten con corrección si...

you can't expect them to treat you with respect if ...

3. pretender (tener intención):

pretender

to mean

no pretendía molestar

I didn't mean to disturb you

4. pretender (intentar):

pretender

to try to

5. pretender (afirmar):

pretender

to affirm

6. pretender (puesto):

pretender

to aspire to

7. pretender (cortejar):

pretender

to woo

Traduzioni di pretendía nel dizionario inglese»spagnolo

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to purport to be sth

pretender ser algo

to make no pretence to erudition

no pretender ser erudito

to profess to be sth

pretender ser algo

I meant no harm

no pretendía hacer daño

pretend

pretender

to have designs on a championship

pretender un campeonato

intend

pretender

mean

pretender

you can't win them all

no se puede pretender ganarlas todas

pretendía Esempi dal dizionario PONS (verificati dalla Redazione)

pretender subir de categoría

to be seeking promotion

no puedes pretender que te traten con corrección si...

you can't expect them to treat you with respect if ...

no pretendía molestar

I didn't mean to disturb you

no se puede pretender ganarlas todas

you can't win them all