Usage examples of "fingir" in Spanish with translation to English

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Vamos a fingir que somos alienígenas. Let's pretend we are aliens.
No puedo fingir que me gusta. I can't pretend to like him.
Deja de fingir y confiesa la verdad. Stop pretending and confess the truth.
Dejá de fingir y confesá la verdad. Stop pretending and confess the truth.
Traté de fingir ser algo que no era. I tried to pretend I was something I wasn't.
No finjas que no sabes. Don't pretend you don't know.
Ella fingió no saber nada al respecto. She made believe that she knew nothing about it.
¿Cómo puedes estar seguro de que tu novia no finge los orgasmos? How can you be sure your girlfriend isn't faking her orgasms?
¿Cómo sabes que el paciente no está fingiendo la enfermedad? How do you know that the patient is not feigning illness?
Tom fingió que estaba dormido. Tom pretended he was asleep.
Y por más de una hora ella fingió no saber lo que había para cenar. And for more than an hour she made believe not to know what there was for dinner.
Tom fingió que estaba enfermo. Tom pretended he was sick.
Ella fingió tener problemas auditivos. She pretended to be hard of hearing.
Tom fingió no tener miedo. Tom pretended not to be afraid.
Tom fingió no saber la respuesta. Tom pretended not to know the answer.
Tom fingió que tenía un arma. Tom pretended he had a gun.
Tom fingió no haber oído nada. Tom pretended to not hear a thing.
El niño fingía que estaba dormido. The child pretended that it was asleep.
Mi perro a menudo finge estar dormido. My dog often pretends to be asleep.
Tom fingió entender el poema de Mary. Tom pretended to understand Mary's poem.
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