fingir
Spanish, verb/finˈxiɾ/
fingir is a Spanish verb meaning “to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir deliberadamente la impresión de que se es o se siente algo sin ser ese el caso”.
What does fingir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)
- 2
to fake, affect, feign
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir deliberadamente la impresión de que se es o se siente algo sin ser ese el caso. 2. Producir artificialmente una ilusión verosímil.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fingir
- finjo first-person present singular
- fingí first-person preterite singular
- fingido participle past
- g-j alternation
- fingiendo gerund
- fingida feminine participle past
- fingidos masculine participle past
- fingidas feminine participle past
- finges indicative informal present
- fingís indicative informal present
- finge indicative present singular
- fingimos first-person indicative plural
- fingen indicative plural present
- fingía first-person imperfect indicative
- fingías imperfect indicative second-person
- fingíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fingíais imperfect indicative plural
- fingían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fingir?
- /finˈxiɾ/
- [fĩŋˈxiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fingir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fingir in Spanish?
fingir appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).