Pretendiente in english
Suitor
pronunciation: sutɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: sutɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
pretendiente = suitor ; swain ; beau [beaux/beaus, -pl.].
Example: The writer contends that Molly's soliloquy represents a textual performance of Penelope's backstage activity of weaving in order to unweave so as to outwit her suitors.Example: In all three novels, a love-stricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.Example: Esther's former beau smooth-talked her out of her money before marrying her sister years ago.