Spanish Verb PRETENDER - to expect. Regular ER family

Spanish Verb PRETENDER: to expect

The Spanish verb pretender means 'to expect' and is a regular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you ask, "What did this PRETENDer expect?

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to expect: pretender
Imagine you ask, "What did this PRETENDer expect?"

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PRETENDER - to expect
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb pretender
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente expect	pretendo	pretendes	pretende	pretendemos	pretendéis	pretenden
Imperfect Imperfecto expected	pretendía	pretendías	pretendía	pretendíamos	pretendíais	pretendían
Preterit Pretérito expected	pretendí	pretendiste	pretendió	pretendimos	pretendisteis	pretendieron
Future Futuro will expect	pretenderé	pretenderás	pretenderá	pretenderemos	pretenderéis	pretenderán
Conditional Condicional would expect	pretendería	pretenderías	pretendería	pretenderíamos	pretenderíais	pretenderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may expect	pretenda	pretendas	pretenda	pretendamos	pretendáis	pretendan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo might expect	pretendiera	pretendieras	pretendiera	pretendiéramos	pretendiereis	pretendieran
	pretendiese	pretendieses	pretendiese	pretendiésemos	pretendieseis	pretendiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb pretender - to expect
Imperative Imperativo expect!		pretende!	pretenda!	pretendamos!	pretended!	pretendan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't expect!		no pretendas!	no pretenda!	no pretendamos!	no pretendáis!	no pretendan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PRETENDER Past Participle: pretendido - expected
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have expected	he pretendido	has pretendido	ha pretendido	hemos pretendido	habéis pretendido	han pretendido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had expected	hube pretendido	hubiste pretendido	hubo pretendido	hubimos pretendido	hubisteis pretendido	hubieron pretendido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had expected	había pretendido	habías pretendido	había pretendido	habíamos pretendido	habíais pretendido	habían pretendido
Present Perfect Subj Presente perfecto subj may've expected	haya pretendido	hayas pretendido	haya pretendido	hayamos pretendido	hayáis pretendido	hayan pretendido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have expected	habré pretendido	habrás pretendido	habrá pretendido	habremos pretendido	habréis pretendido	habrán pretendido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've expected	habría pretendido	habrías pretendido	habría pretendido	habríamos pretendido	habríais pretendido	habrían pretendido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperfecto de sbj might have ...ed	hubiera pretendido	hubieras pretendido	hubiera pretendido	hubiéramos pretendido	hubierais pretendido	hubieran pretendido
	hubiese pretendido	hubieses pretendido	hubiese pretendido	hubiésemos pretendido	hubieseis pretendido	hubiesen pretendido
Progressive Tenses PRETENDER Present Participle: pretendiendo - expecting
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am expecting	estoy pretendiendo	estás pretendiendo	está pretendiendo	estamos pretendiendo	está pretendiendo	están pretendiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was expecting	estuve pretendiendo	estuviste pretendiendo	estuvo pretendiendo	estuvimos pretendiendo	estuvisteis pretendiendo	estuvieron pretendiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba pretendiendo	estabas pretendiendo	estaba pretendiendo	estábamos pretendiendo	estabais pretendiendo	estaban pretendiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be expecting	estaré pretendiendo	estarás pretendiendo	estará pretendiendo	estaremos pretendiendo	estaréis pretendiendo	estarán pretendiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto pr would've been ~ing	estaría pretendiendo	estarías pretendiendo	estabría pretendiendo	estaríamos pretendiendo	estaríais pretendiendo	estarían pretendiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ pretendiendo	que ~ pretendiendo	que ~ pretendiendo	que ~ pretendiendo	que ~ pretendiendo	que ~ pretendiendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB pretendER

USING the SPANISH VERB pretender

pretender can also mean: to try to, to aspire to.
pretender ser (eg profesor): to hope to become (a teacher).
¿Qué pretendes de ella? What do you expect of her?
¿Qué pretendes decir con eso? What are you trying to say?

la pretensión (nf): aspiration, hope, wish, desire, claim.
tener pretensiones: to be pretentious.
pretencioso / pretenciosa (adj m/f): pretentious, showy; vain.
pretendido (pp/adj): so-called, false, proposed, supposed.
Fuera o no pretendido ...: Whether intended or not...
con pretendido interés: with false interest.

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pretender can mean to pretend (to be), to (lay) claim,
but its meaning is more limited in Spanish than in English, so remember also:
aparentar: to pretend, to feign, to show off.
fingir: to pretend, to feign, to fake.
hacerse pasar por: to pretend to be.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos pretendés
Imperativo: ¡pretendé!

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