fingir
Meaning
- to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)
- to fake, affect, feign
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fin‧gir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/finˈxiɾ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). See also the inherited doublet heñir. Cognate with English feign and fiction.
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Sentences
Dado que no 🙅 tenía otra alternativa decide fingir ser un 🅰️ detective 🕵️ especializado en robos .
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Since he had no other alternative, he decides to pretend to be a detective specializing in robberies.
