Fingido in english
Pretended
pronunciation: pritendəd part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: pritendəd part of speech: adjective
In gestures
fingido = contrived ; feigned ; hokey.
Example: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Example: If nothing else, her feigned flattery is nauseating.Example: This may seem like a rather hokey example, but it illustrates very well the principles of divide-and-conquer.more:
» comportamiento fingido = feigned behaviour .
Example: False modesty is only one of a series of feigned behaviours.» sonrisa fingida = cheesy smile .
Example: What annoys people about Americans is that we have these big cheesy smiles on our faces all of the time, for no apparent reason whatsoever.fingir = feign ; dissimulate ; fake ; counterfeit ; sandbag ; keep up + a facade ; put on + an act ; keep up + appearances ; pretend (to) ; dissemble ; hoax ; bullshit ; bluff + Posesivo + way through ; put on/up + a front ; put it on ; simulate.
Example: 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned.Example: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.Example: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.Example: While the U.S. Treasury has taken steps to make it harder to counterfeit American currency, it's still apparently easy to make up fake money orders.Example: First, if you're one of those players who think that sandbagging is unsportsmanlike, then you don't fully understand the nature of poker.Example: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.Example: Singers, dancers, and actors must now all know how to sing, dance and put on an act.Example: As many as 15 million Britons are using credit cards in the struggle to keep up appearances as they mistakenly consider themselves to be middle class.Example: We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.Example: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.Example: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.Example: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.Example: I told you he was bluffing his way through and now here is some more proof -- he has no idea about anything.Example: However they lie and put on a front saying they are happy with living together with their boyfriends without any commitment.Example: I suppose you think people in asylums are just putting it on so they get a rent free room?.Example: Taiwan has begun two days of military drills simulating an attack by China as the government seeks to reassure the public in the face of deteriorating relations with Beijing.more:
» fingir debilidad = sandbagging .
Example: The authors examined whether Machiavellianism moderates the use of sandbagging -- a manipulative strategy in which people display low ability to induce an opponent to reduce effort or lower his or her guard.» fingir estar enfermo = malinger .
Example: This can lead to accusations of malingering, hypochondria, and/or mental illness.» fingir estar muerto = feign + death .
Example: The book has a blue mottled sheepskin binding signed by Antoine Menard, a famous bookbinder who was shot in Paris by a firing squad in 1871 but feigned death and escaped to Spain.» fingir tocar la batería = air-drum [Generalmente haciendo con la boca el sonido del instrumento en una canción] .
Example: Every now and then, we all break into air-drumming or steering wheel tapping when we hear that epic song we love.» fingir tocar la guitarra = play + (the) air-guitar ; air guitar [Generalmente haciendo con la boca el sonido del instrumento en una canción] .
Example: Almost everyone has played the air-guitar at some point or another. Example: I like to air guitar around my house and sing and dance in the living room.