simuler

(Inglese)

  1. (transitive) to feign, to fake, to put on, to pretend to have
  2. (intransitive) to dive (to pretend to be fouled in order to gain an advantage)
  3. (intransitive) to fake it (to feign to be enjoying sex; to pretend to have an orgasm)

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/si.my.le/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre (“to imitate, to feign”). Doublet of sembler.

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