преструвам се — meaning in English
prestruvam se
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English meaning
- affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- dissemble verb To disguise or conceal something.
- feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
- play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
- pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.
- sell verb To hand over goods or services to someone in exchange for money.
- sham adjective Fake or intended to deceive; not genuine.
Senses
преструвам се is used for these senses in English:
- affect (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
- dissemble (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- dissimulate (intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
- feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- make believe (idiomatic, childish) To pretend or imagine.
- play To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
- sell (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
affect — full definition
- verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.
dissemble — full definition
- verb To disguise or conceal something.
- verb To feign, dissimulate.
- verb To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- verb To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.