Infinitive
pretendi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | pretendas |
| Past | pretendis |
| Future | pretendos |
| Conditional | pretendus |
| Imperative | pretendu! |
Participles
| Active past | pretendinta |
| Active present | pretendanta |
| Active future | pretendonta |
| Passive past | pretendita |
| Passive present | pretendta |
| Passive future | pretendota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-
3. Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-i
5. Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
6. Proto-Italic *prai
7. Proto-Italic *prai-
8. Latin prae-
9. Proto-Indo-European *ten-
10. Proto-Indo-European *tend-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
12. Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
13. Proto-Italic *tendō
14. Latin tendō
15. Latin praetendōder.
16. Esperanto pretendi
17. Derived from Latin praetendō.
18. Compare English pretend, French prétendre, Italian pretendere, Portuguese pretender, Spanish pretender. See: English '
pretend', French '
prétendre', Italian '
pretendere', Portuguese '
pretender', Spanish '
pretender'.
Sample Sentences
Translations
claim, to demand ownership of something