pretender (spa) ≠ to pretend (eng)
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Pretender in Spanish is what you aim to get out of, or what you expect to get out of, a given situation.
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Pretender in Spanish can also mean the way you court a potential love. But it never means to pretend to be something/someone else.
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I thought it was like trying to do something or attempting to do it?
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Could be, but procurar might be a better verb, depending on what is being said
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oh... I see, I too got thrown by the apparent cognate. :) It might be one of those things I never quite grok
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As long as you don't think it's to pretend, you're fine
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