pretended, feigned
Hoy ha fingido un dolor de estómago para no ir a la escuela.
Today he faked a stomach ache to avoid going to school.
— स्वदेस (2004)
Pero han fingido no conocerse.
But they pretended not to know each other.
— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Hubieras fingido odiarlo, pero fue lindo.
You could have pretended to hate him, but he was nice.
— Eternidad (2025)
Garrido podría haber fingido su propia desaparición para fugarse.
Garrido could have faked his own disappearance in order to escape.
— Contratiempo (2017)