# pretender

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈdeɾ/ · frequency rank #22,429

## Definitions
1. ter a intenção de
2. tencionar
3. desejar
4. solicitar
5. intentar
6. aspirar

## Easily confused with
- **prender** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/prender-vs-pretender)

## Common misspellings (14)
`pertender`, `ppretender`, `preetnder`, `pretedner`, `pretendder`, `pretenderr`, `pretendre`, `pretenedr`, `pretennder`, `pretneder`, `prettender`, `prretender`, `prteender`, `rpetender`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/pretender