Sentence examples of "prétendre" in French

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Ce n'était pas difficile de prétendre être ma mère. It was not difficult to pretend to be my mother.
Il prétendait bien te connaître. He claimed he knew you well.
Il prétendait être un docteur. He pretended to be a doctor.
Elle prétend que cet endroit lui appartient. She claimed to be the owner of the land.
Il a prétendu être avocat. He pretended that he was a lawyer.
Il prétendait être un expert en finances. He claimed to be an expert in finance.
Les deux fils prétendaient au trône. Both sons pretended to the throne.
Elle prétend ne rien savoir à son sujet. She claims that she knows nothing about him.
Il prétend ne pas être du coin. He pretends that he's a stranger here.
Ce que le maire prétend est infondé et incendiaire. What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
Je ne prétends pas comprendre les femmes. I don't pretend to understand women.
Il prétendit qu'il avait rendu le livre à la bibliothèque. He claimed that he had returned the book to the library.
Je ne prétends pas comprendre le réchauffement climatique. I don't pretend to understand global warming.
Il prétend être socialiste, et pourtant il a deux maisons et une Rolls Royce. He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce.
Il a caché ses émotions et a prétendu être enthousiaste. He hid his emotions and pretended to be enthusiastic.
Cette nouvelle application prétend être ergonomique. Eh bien ce n'est pas le cas. This new application claims to be user friendly. Well, it isn't.
Le garçon prétendait savoir lire, mais il tenait son livre à l'envers. The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
Elle prétend qu'elle ne sait rien de lui mais je ne la crois pas. She claims that she knows nothing about him, but I don't believe her.
Il prétendit s'être projeté de manière astrale vers une planète éloignée, constituée de jungle, dans la galaxie d'Andromède. He claimed to have astrally projected himself to a remote jungle planet in the Andromeda galaxy.
Il y a eu de nombreuses réclamations de consommateurs sur le fait que nos produits ne durent pas aussi longtemps que nous le prétendons. There have been a lot of complaints from consumers that our products don't last as long as we claim.
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