fingir

/finˈxiɾ/, [fĩŋˈxiɾ]

pretend

Gerund: fingiendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	fingido	fingida
Plural	fingidos	fingidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	finjo	fingía	fingí	fingiré	fingiría
tú	finges	fingías	fingiste	fingirás	fingirías
él/ella/Ud.	finge	fingía	fingió	fingirá	fingiría
nosotros	fingimos	fingíamos	fingimos	fingiremos	fingiríamos
vosotros	fingís	fingíais	fingisteis	fingiréis	fingiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	fingen	fingían	fingieron	fingirán	fingirían
vos	fingís	fingías	fingiste	fingirás	fingirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	finja	fingiera	fingiese	fingiere
tú	finjas	fingieras	fingieses	fingieres
él/ella/Ud.	finja	fingiera	fingiese	fingiere
nosotros	finjamos	fingiéramos	fingiésemos	fingiéremos
vosotros	finjáis	fingierais	fingieseis	fingiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	finjan	fingieran	fingiesen	fingieren
vos	finjás	fingieras	fingieses	fingieres

Imperative

Examples

¡Deja de fingir que no me conoces!

Stop pretending you don't know me.

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La ventaja de ser inteligente es que se puede fingir ser imbécil, mientras que al revés es imposible.

The benefit of being intelligent is that you can pretend to be a fool, but the reverse is not possible.

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Los niños quieren fingir ser adultos cuando juegan.

Children like to pretend to be adults when they play.

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No puedo fingir que me gusta.

I can't pretend to like him.

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Dejá de fingir que no me conocés.

Stop pretending you don't know me.

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Quiero fingir ser un actor.

I wish to pretend to be an actor.

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Deja de fingir y confiesa la verdad.

Stop pretending and confess the truth.

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A Tom le gusta fingir que es el jefe.

Tom likes pretending that he's the boss.

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Traté de fingir ser algo que no era.

I tried to pretend I was something I wasn't.

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Vamos a fingir que somos alienígenas.

Let's pretend we are aliens.

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