Finja – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Finja
fingir
v.
sham, fake, feign; pretend, simulate; act; affect
fingir
v.
pretend, sham, assume, simulate, put on, make believe; palter, feint; counterfeit, feign; imitate, mimic; double, fake
fingir
(v.) = feign ; dissimulate ; fake ; counterfeit ; sandbag ; keep up + a facade ; put on + an act ; keep up + appearances ; pretend ; dissemble ; hoax ; bullshit ; bluff + Posesivo + way through ; put on/up + a front.
Ex: 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = "¿Estás segura de que sabes qué hacer?" "Estoy segura", respondió con una seguridad todavía ligeramente fingida.
Ex: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
Ex: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.
Ex: While the U.S. Treasury has taken steps to make it harder to counterfeit American currency, it's still apparently easy to make up fake money orders.
Ex: First, if you're one of those players who think that sandbagging is unsportsmanlike, then you don't fully understand the nature of poker.
Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
Ex: Singers, dancers, and actors must now all know how to sing, dance and put on an act.
Ex: As many as 15 million Britons are using credit cards in the struggle to keep up appearances as they mistakenly consider themselves to be middle class.
Ex: We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.
Ex: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.
Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.
Ex: I told you he was bluffing his way through and now here is some more proof -- he has no idea about anything.
Ex: However they lie and put on a front saying they are happy with living together with their boyfriends without any commitment.
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* fingir debilidad = sandbagging.
* fingir estar enfermo = malinger.
* fingir estar muerto = feign + death.