No. 9,047 in Catalan
fingien
"Fingien" is the third-person plural imperfect form of "fingir," meaning "they were pretending" or "they pretended."
In a sentence
Els nens fingien estar malalts per no anar a l'escola.
The children pretended to be sick to avoid going to school.
The word 'fingien' is the third person plural imperfect form of the verb 'fingir', meaning 'to pretend'.
En l'obra de teatre, els actors fingien ser altres persones.
In the play, the actors pretended to be other people.
Here, 'fingien' denotes an action of pretending, describing what the actors were doing continuously during the presentation.
Durant el joc, els nens fingien tenir poders màgics.
During the game, the children pretended to have magical powers.
In this context, 'fingien' communicates the imaginative action of the children while playing.
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