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yo fingía

pretended, was pretending

→ fingir
fing pretend + ía imperfect past: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #29,695
pretended, was pretending Imperfect past; often describes an ongoing or repeated pretense.
SP: Él fingía estar enfermo.
EN: He was pretending to be sick.
Conjugation of fingir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First fingía —
Third fingía —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First fingía —
Third fingía —

Tom fingía estar ocupado.

Tom pretended to be busy.

Cuando estábamos frente a la gente, él fingía que me respetaba.

When we were in front of other people, he pretended to respect me.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

Tom fingía que no sabía nada de Mary.

Tom pretended he knew nothing about Mary.

El niño fingía que estaba dormido.

The child pretended to be asleep.

Está claro que él fingía estar enfermo.

It’s clear that he was pretending to be sick.

Mary fingía ser su hermana mayor.

Mary pretended to be her older sister.

Fingía estar dormido.

He was pretending to be asleep.

Ella fingía indiferencia.

She feigned indifference.

Tom fingía ser rico.

Tom pretended to be rich.

Fingía estar durmiendo.

He was pretending to be asleep.

Sami fingía ser policía.

Sami was pretending to be a police officer.

Solamente fingía estar durmiendo.

He was just pretending to be asleep.