fingir de

pretend to be

→ fingir

phrase Rare #36,103

pretend to be Used with a noun or adjective to express acting as if one were that thing, often in a deceptive or strategic way. Commonly appears with reflexive pronouns, as in "se fingir de".

PO: Ele se fingiu de desentendido para evitar a conversa.

EN: He pretended not to know to avoid the conversation.

Eu quero ver é eu me fingir de vivo quando esses cara me matar.

I want to see if I can pretend to be alive when those guys kill me.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Não posso mais me fingir de idiota.

I can't play the fool anymore.

— A Era da Escuridão (2016)

Você tem que se fingir de morto.

You have to pretend to be dead.

Vamos nos fingir de mortos.

Let's play dead.

— Alerta Lobo (2019)