pretender
Portuguese, verb/pɾe.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
pretender is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to want” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter a intenção de”.
What does pretender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to want
- 2
to pretend
- 3
to intend
- 4
to request
- 5
to aspire
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter a intenção de 2. tencionar 3. desejar 4. solicitar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pretender
- pretendo first-person present singular
- pretendi first-person preterite singular
- pretendido participle past
- pretenderes infinitive second-person singular
- pretendermos first-person infinitive plural
- pretenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- pretenderem infinitive plural third-person
- pretendendo gerund
- pretendidos masculine participle past
- pretendida feminine participle past
- pretendidas feminine participle past
- pretendes indicative present second-person
- pretende indicative present singular
- pretendemos first-person indicative plural
- pretendeis indicative plural present
- pretendem indicative plural present
- pretendia first-person imperfect indicative
- pretendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretender?
- Brazil /pɾe.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾe.tẽˈde(h)]
- Portugal /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pretender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pretender in Portuguese?
pretender appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).