pretendido

adj.

intended, pretended, alleged.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: pretender.

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pretendido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=pretender}}pretender

► adjetivo

1 supposed

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ADJ supposed, alleged

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-da adjetivo (delante del n)

el pretendido duque — the so-called duke

con pretendido interés — with false interest

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= intended.

Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

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-da adjetivo (delante del n)

el pretendido duque — the so-called duke

con pretendido interés — with false interest

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= intended.

Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

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pretendido -da

adjective

(delante del n):

la pretendida duquesa the so-called duchess

con pretendida afectuosidad with false affection

lo justificó con una pretendida enfermedad he justified it by pretending o saying he'd been ill

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Del verbo pretender: (conjugate pretender)

pretendido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
pretender    
pretendido
pretender (conjugate pretender) verbo transitivo:

◊ ¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? what do you hope to gain with that attitude?;

pretendía entrar sin pagar he was trying to get in without paying;
no pretendo saberlo todo I don't claim to know everything;
lo único que pretendía era ayudar I was only trying to help;
¿pretendes que te crea? do you expect me to believe you?
pretendido -da adjetivo (delante del n) ‹interés/amabilidad› feigned;
el pretendido duque the so-called duke;
con pretendido interés with false interest
pretender verbo transitivo
1 (aspirar, intentar) to expect, try to: pretendía que le diera la razón, he was trying to make me agree with him
pretende ser actriz, she hopes to become an actress
2 (simular) to try: pretendió no habernos visto, he pretended he hadn't seen us
3 frml (cortejar) to woo, court

'pretendido' also found in these entries:
English:
apparent
- intended

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pretendido, -a adj

supposed;

la pretendida bajada de precios no se ha producido todavía the supposed fall in prices has yet to materialize;

la obra describe con pretendido realismo la guerra the work provides a supposedly realistic portrayal of the war