pretender

• Substantivo que designa uma pessoa que faz afirmações enganosas ou finge ser o que não é, ou que professa crenças ou opiniões que na verdade não tem, para esconder seus verdadeiros sentimentos ou motivos; também pode indicar alguém que reivindica um título, direito ou posição.

A noun referring to a person who makes deceitful claims or pretenses, or who professes beliefs or opinions they do not actually hold in order to conceal their true feelings or motives.

1. Deceitful personB2formal

   A person who makes false claims or pretenses, often to deceive others.

   Impostor

   • The con artist was a pretender who claimed to be a doctor.
   • She saw through his act and knew he was just a pretender.
   • History remembers him as a pretender to the throne.

   Sinônimoscharlatanfakefraudhumbughypocriteimpostormountebankphonyquack

2. HypocriteB2formal

   A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not actually hold, often to hide their true feelings or motives.

   Hipócrita

   • He was a pretender who preached honesty while cheating on his taxes.
   • The politician was exposed as a pretender who only cared about power.
   • She called him a pretender for pretending to support the cause while working against it.

   Sinônimoscharlatandissemblerfakefraudhumbughypocriteimpostorphoney

   Antônimosgenuinehonestsinceretruthful