simular — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
- simulate verb To imitate or reproduce the appearance, behaviour, or conditions of something, often for testing or training purposes.
Senses
simular is used for these senses in English:
- game out (idiomatic) To run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.
- play To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
- roleplay (transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.
- simulate To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
play — full definition
- verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
- verb To take part in a sport or game.
- verb To perform music, or operate a device so that it produces sound or video.
- verb To act the part of a character in a film, play, or performance.
- noun A dramatic work written for actors to perform on stage.
pretend — full definition
- verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.
- adj Not genuine; imaginary or made up as part of a game.