él finge

pretends, feigns

→ fingir
fing pretend + e 3rd-person present / tú command
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Uncommon #25,277
pretends, feigns
SP: Ella finge estar cansada.
EN: She pretends to be tired.
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 —
Third finja —

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)

Ese estudiante a veces finge estar enfermo.

That student sometimes pretends to be sick.

Mi perro a menudo finge estar dormido.

My dog often pretends to be asleep.

¿Adónde va todos los días cuando finge ir a trabajar?

Where does he go every day when he pretends to go to work?

— Vivir (1952)

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.

Finge no saber nada.

Pretend you know nothing.

Ella finge un acento extranjero.

She fakes a foreign accent.

Y sospecho que por eso finge no saber de qué le hablo, ¿no?

And I suspect that’s why he pretends not to know what I’m talking about, right?

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

Miren la astucia del animal, miren cómo finge tropezar.

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

— Pinocho (2019)

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)

¿Sabe que Da-song finge?

Do you know Da-song is pretending?

— Parásitos (2019)

La gente juega y finge ser otra cosa.

People play games and pretend to be something else.

— Temporada de Sangre (2025)

Ahí viene, finge estar dormida.

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

— Lindas y Letales (2026)