B1🔤 Letters O & P
Italian word
pretendere
to demand, to expect (insistently)
Looks like
to pretend
to act as if something is true when it is not
⚠️ The trap
'Pretende di essere malato' does NOT mean 'He pretends to be sick' — it means 'He insists/claims he is sick'. To pretend in Italian use 'finge di essere malato'.
To say "to act as if something is true when it is not" in Italian:
fingere (to pretend)
"pretendere" in English means:
to demand, to expect (insistently)
Example
"Pretende di essere pagato subito."
"He demands to be paid immediately."
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