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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



In English
Starting with
In Galician
Exact match
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- prestigious, presumable, presumably, presume, presumption, presumptuous, presuppose, pre-teen, pretence, pretend, pretender, pretension, pretentious, preternaturally, pretext, prettily, prettiness, pretty, prevail


pretend


- transitive verb
- facer como que

EN He sat in a corner of the playroom pretending to watch a game of dominoes and once or twice he was able to hear for an instant the little song of the gas.
GL Sentouse nun recanto da sala de xogos facendo como que miraba unha partida de dominó e unha vez ou dúas puido oír, por un intre, a cancionciña do gas.
- Fonte: RET (182)
- finxir

EN Ralph looked away first, pretending interest in a group of littluns on the sand.
GL Ralph foi o primeiro en mirar para outro lado, finxindo ter interese no grupo de cativos que estaban na area.
- Fonte: SEN (1505)
- pretender

EN What passed at this interview I will not pretend to say, for in fact I do not know.
GL Non pretendo conta-lo que pasou nesa conversación, xa que en realidade non o sei.
- Fonte: LEN (236)