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Spanish Verb PRETENDER: to expect
The Spanish verb pretender means 'to expect' and is a regular Spanish ER verb.
To remember this, imagine you ask, "What did this PRETENDer expect?
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to expect: pretender
Imagine you ask, "What did this PRETENDer expect?"
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VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PRETENDER - to expect
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Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb pretender |
TENSE |
yo |
tú |
él, ella, usted |
nosotros |
vosotros |
ellos, ellas, ustedes |
Present Presente expect |
pretendo |
pretendes |
pretende |
pretendemos |
pretendéis |
pretenden |
Imperfect Imperfecto expected |
pretendía |
pretendías |
pretendía |
pretendíamos |
pretendíais |
pretendían |
Preterit Pretérito expected |
pretendí |
pretendiste |
pretendió |
pretendimos |
pretendisteis |
pretendieron |
Future Futuro will expect |
pretenderé |
pretenderás |
pretenderá |
pretenderemos |
pretenderéis |
pretenderán |
Conditional Condicional would expect |
pretendería |
pretenderías |
pretendería |
pretenderíamos |
pretenderíais |
pretenderían |
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may expect |
pretenda |
pretendas |
pretenda |
pretendamos |
pretendáis |
pretendan |
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo might expect |
pretendiera |
pretendieras |
pretendiera |
pretendiéramos |
pretendiereis |
pretendieran |
pretendiese |
pretendieses |
pretendiese |
pretendiésemos |
pretendieseis |
pretendiesen |
Imperatives Spanish Verb pretender - to expect |
Imperative Imperativo expect! |
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pretende! |
pretenda! |
pretendamos! |
pretended! |
pretendan! |
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't expect! |
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no pretendas! |
no pretenda! |
no pretendamos! |
no pretendáis! |
no pretendan! |
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PRETENDER Past Participle: pretendido - expected |
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have expected |
he pretendido |
has pretendido |
ha pretendido |
hemos pretendido |
habéis pretendido |
han pretendido |
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had expected |
hube pretendido |
hubiste pretendido |
hubo pretendido |
hubimos pretendido |
hubisteis pretendido |
hubieron pretendido |
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had expected |
había pretendido |
habías pretendido |
había pretendido |
habíamos pretendido |
habíais pretendido |
habían pretendido |
Present Perfect Subj Presente perfecto subj may've expected |
haya pretendido |
hayas pretendido |
haya pretendido |
hayamos pretendido |
hayáis pretendido |
hayan pretendido |
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have expected |
habré pretendido |
habrás pretendido |
habrá pretendido |
habremos pretendido |
habréis pretendido |
habrán pretendido |
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've expected |
habría pretendido |
habrías pretendido |
habría pretendido |
habríamos pretendido |
habríais pretendido |
habrían pretendido |
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperfecto de sbj might have ...ed |
hubiera pretendido |
hubieras pretendido |
hubiera pretendido |
hubiéramos pretendido |
hubierais pretendido |
hubieran pretendido |
hubiese pretendido |
hubieses pretendido |
hubiese pretendido |
hubiésemos pretendido |
hubieseis pretendido |
hubiesen pretendido |
Progressive Tenses PRETENDER Present Participle: pretendiendo - expecting |
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am expecting |
estoy pretendiendo |
estás pretendiendo |
está pretendiendo |
estamos pretendiendo |
está pretendiendo |
están pretendiendo |
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was expecting |
estuve pretendiendo |
estuviste pretendiendo |
estuvo pretendiendo |
estuvimos pretendiendo |
estuvisteis pretendiendo |
estuvieron pretendiendo |
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing |
estaba pretendiendo |
estabas pretendiendo |
estaba pretendiendo |
estábamos pretendiendo |
estabais pretendiendo |
estaban pretendiendo |
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be expecting |
estaré pretendiendo |
estarás pretendiendo |
estará pretendiendo |
estaremos pretendiendo |
estaréis pretendiendo |
estarán pretendiendo |
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto pr would've been ~ing |
estaría pretendiendo |
estarías pretendiendo |
estabría pretendiendo |
estaríamos pretendiendo |
estaríais pretendiendo |
estarían pretendiendo |
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing |
que ~ pretendiendo |
que ~ pretendiendo |
que ~ pretendiendo |
que ~ pretendiendo |
que ~ pretendiendo |
que ~ pretendiendo |
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MORE about the SPANISH VERB pretendER
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USING the SPANISH VERB pretender
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pretender can also mean: to try to, to aspire to.
pretender ser (eg profesor): to hope to become (a teacher).
¿Qué pretendes de ella? What do you expect of her?
¿Qué pretendes decir con eso? What are you trying to say?
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la pretensión (nf): aspiration, hope, wish, desire, claim.
tener pretensiones: to be pretentious.
pretencioso / pretenciosa (adj m/f): pretentious, showy; vain.
pretendido (pp/adj): so-called, false, proposed, supposed.
Fuera o no pretendido ...: Whether intended or not...
con pretendido interés: with false interest.
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Beware of this almost False Friend!
pretender can mean to pretend (to be), to (lay) claim,
but its meaning is more limited in Spanish than in English, so remember also:
aparentar: to pretend, to feign, to show off.
fingir: to pretend, to feign, to fake.
hacerse pasar por: to pretend to be.
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vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular - - in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America. Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'. In regular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos pretendés
Imperativo: ¡pretendé!
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