Tenía la intención de decir o de hacer algo.
Intended to say or do something.
Couldn’t load the audio. Please try again.
See how the word “pretendía” is used in sentences
Ayer pretendía llamarte. — I meant to call you yesterday.
Ayer quise llamarte. — I meant to call you yesterday.
La luz roja significaba peligro. — The red light meant danger.
Pretendía salir antes, pero el autobús se retrasó. — She meant to leave earlier, but the bus was late.
Quise decir la otra puerta, perdona. — I meant the other door, sorry.
Para nosotros la carta significaba buenas noticias. — For us the letter meant good news.
Nunca pretendimos hacerte esperar. — We never meant to keep you waiting.
Con «más tarde» quiso decir la semana que viene. — By 'later' he meant next week.
La línea de más no significaba nada para los ingenieros. — The extra line meant nothing to the engineers.
Check a word only if you could give at least one of its meanings.
words — the estimated size of your passive Spanish vocabulary
Turn the gaps into your vocabulary
Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testYour own vocabulary
Learn the words you actually need
A ready-made word card
Translation, examples and audio appear on their own
We help you not forget
We bring words back to practice at the right moment
Add real-life words — VibeLing reinforces them until they become automatic.
Add “pretendía” to your vocabulary and learn it with translation, audio and spaced repetition — right in the app.
