está fingiendo

is pretending

→ estar

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is pretending Used to say that someone is pretending or faking something. Está is the third-person singular form of estar, and fingiendo is the gerund of fingir.

SP: No le pasa nada; está fingiendo.

EN: Nothing is wrong with her; she is pretending.

Si no está fingiendo, debería estar en una institución.

If he's not faking it, he should be in an institution.

— Incontrolable (I Swear) (2025)

Westley está fingiendo, ¿verdad?

Westley is faking it, right?

— La princesa prometida (1987)

Creo que él está fingiendo.

I think he's pretending.

Está fingiendo.

He’s pretending.

No, está fingiendo.

No, he's faking it.

— El experimento (2001)

Creo que ella está fingiendo.

I think she’s pretending.