| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Miks sa pretendeerid võmmiks? | Why are you pretendin' to be a cop? |
| Sina pretendeerid Sanjay Singhania kohale. | You'll pretend to be Sanjay Singhania. |
| Ma ei pretendeeri olema keegi teine. | I do not pretend to be someone else. |
| Ma ei pretendeeri olema haige. | I could pretend to be sick. |
| Ma ei pretendeeri olema keegi teine. | I do not pretend to be someone else. |
| Ma ei tea, professor, mis asjad seal Vermontis olid, kuid erinevalt teist, ma ei pretendeeri teadma, mida nad ei olnud. | I don't know what these things in Vermont are, Professor. But, unlike you, I don't pretend to know what they're not. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | pretenderen,veinzen, voorwenden | English | pretend |
| Esperanto | ŝajnigi | Finnish | teeskennellä |
| French | prétendre, prétériter, prétexter | German | vorgeben, vortäuschen |
| Greek | διατείνομαι, προσποιούμαι, προσπορίζω | Hungarian | színlel, tettet |
| Indonesian | menganggap diri | Italian | fingere |
| Lithuanian | apsimesti, apsimeti, apsimetinėti | Macedonian | фолира |
| Polish | poudawać, udać, udawać | Portuguese | aparentar, fingir |
| Spanish | aparentar, fingir, pretender | Swedish | låtsas |
| Thai | แกล้ง, ตีหน้า, ทำท่า | Vietnamese | giả, giả bộ, giả cách, giả vờ, lạm bổ, làm ra vẻ, trả vờ |