Significado
to demand, expect
- to demand, insist on
- to expect
- to claim falsely
En una frase
Non puoi pretendere tutto subito.
You can't expect everything right away.
Hai preteso troppo da lui ieri.
You asked too much of him yesterday.
Pretendi che ti chiami ogni sera?
Do you expect me to call you every evening?
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| pretendere | infinitive |
| pretendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pretendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pretendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pretendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pretendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pretende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pretendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pretendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pretendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pretendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pretendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pretendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pretendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pretesi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pretendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pretendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pretesero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pretese | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pretenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pretenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pretenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pretenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pretenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pretenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pretendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pretenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pretendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pretenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pretendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pretenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pretendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pretendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pretendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pretendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pretendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pretendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pretenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pretenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pretendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pretenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pretenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pretenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pretendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pretendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pretendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pretendendo | gerund |
| preteso | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Stronger than volere or chiedere: pretendere often sounds forceful, entitled, or unreasonable.
- Use pretendere di + infinitive for 'to claim to': pretende di sapere tutto.
- Use pretendere che + subjunctive after a demanded action: pretende che io venga subito.
- past participle preteso