feign

Significado (Inglés)

1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
4. To hide or conceal.

Conceptos

fingir

simular

aparentar

afectar

darse tono

ponerse

ser presuntuoso

disimular

conmover

mentir

pretender

adoptar

hacerse

imaginar

inventar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/feɪn/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint and fiction.