{"id":1364,"date":"2010-08-02T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2010-08-01T17:58:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T17:58:34","slug":"pretender-vs-fingir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/pretender-vs-fingir\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretender Vs. Fingir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can request posts about things you want to learn? It&#8217;s easy &#8211; just leave a comment or join our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/learn.portuguese?ref=ts\">Facebook community<\/a> and connect with us there. We received a request from a reader who wanted to know more about the verb pretender, so let&#8217;s take a look.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Pretender<\/strong> [to try, to intend]<\/p>\n<p>The verb <em>pretender<\/em> is actually a false cognate for English speakers, because it does not mean pretend in the sense of faking or acting. In Portuguese, it means <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/try-try-again\/\">to try or to intend to<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p><em>Eu pretendo estudar biologia<\/em>. I intend to study biology.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ele pretende mudar logo.<\/em> He intends to move soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pretendemos casar o ano que vem<\/em>. We intend to get married next year.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Fingir <\/strong>[to pretend]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the verb you were looking for is &#8220;to pretend,&#8221; this is the one you want. <em>Fingir <\/em>means to pretend to be or do something, in the sense of acting, faking, or feigning.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p><em>Ela s\u00f3 est\u00e1 fingindo ser professora.<\/em> She&#8217;s just pretending to be a teacher.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eles fingiram chorar.<\/em> They pretended they were crying.<\/p>\n<p><em>N\u00e3o quero fingir mais.<\/em> I don&#8217;t want to pretend anymore.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Brincar<\/strong> [to pretend &#8211; child&#8217;s play]<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a third verb you may want to know about when it comes to pretending. <em>Brincar<\/em> is to pretend in the sense of when children play make believe or pretend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brincar de pirata<\/em> &#8211; pretend to be pirates<\/p>\n<p><em>Brincar de princesa<\/em> &#8211; pretend to be princesses<\/p>\n<p><em>Brincar de super-her\u00f3i<\/em> &#8211; pretend to be a superhero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can request posts about things you want to learn? It&#8217;s easy &#8211; just leave a comment or join our Facebook community and connect with us there. We received a request from a reader who wanted to know more about the verb pretender, so let&#8217;s take a look. 1. Pretender [to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/pretender-vs-fingir\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[379370,2410,10427,2595,166],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","tag-learning","tag-portuguese","tag-pretend","tag-try","tag-verbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}