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# pretended — English to Ukrainian

How English *pretended* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pretended (64). By style: everyday 61 · biblical 3.

## вигляд

Used about 46 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46).

- I **pretended** to work.
  Я робив **вигляд**, що працюю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2389879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389879) [\#6565114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6565114))

- I **pretended** to work.
  Я зробив **вигляд**, що працюю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2389879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389879) [\#6565112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6565112))

- I **pretended** to work.
  Я робила **вигляд**, що працюю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2389879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389879) [\#6565115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6565115))

- I **pretended** to work.
  Я зробила **вигляд**, що працюю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2389879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389879) [\#6565113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6565113))

- I **pretended** to be sleeping.
  Я зробив **вигляд**, що сплю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7780244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7780244) [\#9769129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9769129))

## удавав

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Tom **pretended** to be rich.
  Том **удавав** із себе багатого.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3410757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3410757) [\#8121245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8121245))

- He changed his behavior before them and **pretended** to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
  І відмінив лице своє перед ними, й **удавав** бісноватого в очах їх, кидавсь під їх руками наче не при собі, грюкотїв у двері і пускав слину з роту по бородї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 21:13)

- Tom **pretended** to be my friend.
  Том **удавав**, що він міг друг.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1970205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1970205) [\#8095827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8095827))

- Tom **pretended** to be Canadian.
  Том **удавав** із себе канадійця.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4077425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4077425) [\#7165001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7165001))

- Tom **pretended** to be a foreigner.
  Том **удавав** із себе іноземця.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12303731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12303731) [\#12304499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12304499))

## вдавав

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4).

- He **pretended** that he was a lawyer.
  Він **вдавав** із себе юриста.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#491716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/491716) [\#493809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/493809))

- He **pretended** that he was a lawyer.
  Він **вдавав** із себе адвоката.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#491716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/491716) [\#494027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494027))

- He **pretended** to be an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him away.
  Він **вдавав** із себе англійця, проте його іноземний акцент видав його.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#288979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288979) [\#506153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506153))

## чує

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- He **pretended** not to hear his boss.
  Він прикинувся, що не **чує** свого керівника.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Oleksandr\_Tahayev · checked, community translation · [\#401695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/401695) [\#7806404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7806404))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- My brother **pretended** to be working very hard.
  Мій брат удав ніби він важко працює.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and ascolto · checked, community translation · [\#250728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250728) [\#918504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/918504))

- I just **pretended** to like Tom.
  Я лише удавала, що Том мені подобається.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2372875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2372875) [\#7706839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7706839))

- Tom and Mary **pretended** to be husband and wife.
  Том із Мері удавали із себе чоловіка і дружину.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1029811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1029811) [\#9852130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9852130))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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