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nós fingimos

we pretend, we pretend to be

→ fingir
fing pretend; feign + imos 1st-person plural present or past
verb · present tense / past tense, 1st-person plural Rare #39,260
we pretend, we pretend to be The form can mean either “we pretend” or “we pretended”; the sentence context determines the tense.
PO: Fingimos que estamos cansados para ir embora mais cedo.
EN: We pretend we're tired so we can leave early.
Conjugation of fingir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First finjo fingimos
Third finge —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First fingi fingimos
Third fingiu fingiram

Fingimos estar casados, entendeu?

We're pretending to be married, you understand?

— Contra a Parede (2004)

E então fingimos que somos marido e mulher, ou como imagina isso?

And then we pretend to be husband and wife, or how do you imagine that?

— Contra a Parede (2004)

Fingimos sentar à mesa, beber e comer.

We pretended to sit at the table, drink, and eat.

— Asas do Desejo (1987)

Viemos para cá, mas fingimos que ainda estamos lá?

We came here, but are we pretending we're still there?

— Doentes de Amor (2017)

Somos o que fingimos ser, então devemos tomar cuidado com o que fingimos ser.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.