él finge

pretends

→ fingir
fing pretend + e 3rd-person singular present or 2nd-person imperative
verb · third singular · present indicative Rare #25,736
pretends
SP: Él finge estar enfermo para no ir a clase.
EN: He pretends to be sick so he doesn’t have to go to class.
Conjugation of fingir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First finjo —
Second finges —
Third finge —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First finjo —
Second finges —
Third finge —
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — finjamos
Second finge —

Ella finge un acento extranjero.

She fakes a foreign accent.

Ahí viene, finge estar dormida.

Here she comes, she's pretending to be asleep.

— Lindas y letales (2026)

Ese estudiante a veces finge estar enfermo.

That student sometimes pretends to be sick.

La gente juega y finge ser otra cosa.

People play games and pretend to be something else.

— Hunting Season (2025)

Finge no saber nada en la cama.

He pretends not to know anything in bed.

— Un asunto de familia (2018)

No finge estar seguro de nada.

He doesn't pretend to be sure of anything.

— TÁR (2022)

Mi perro a menudo finge estar dormido.

My dog often pretends to be asleep.

Ella tan sólo finge dormir; es por eso que no está roncando.

She's only pretending to sleep; that's why she isn't snoring.

Él finge ser sordo.

He pretends to be deaf.

Finge no poder llevar una vida normal.

He pretends he can't lead a normal life.

— Parásitos (2019)

Miren la astucia del animal, miren cómo finge tropezar.

Look at the animal's cunning; look at how it pretends to stumble.

— Pinocho (2019)

Finge no saber nada.

Pretend you know nothing.