Pretendía
Pretendía is the imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb pretender. The verb has two main senses in modern Spanish: to intend or to aim for something, and to feign or pretend. In the imperfect tense, pretender expresses a past action or state that was ongoing, habitual, or not completed, or a past intention or feigning.
Conjugation and formation: Pretender is a regular -er verb in the imperfect. The forms are: yo pretendía,
Usage notes: As a past tense form, pretendía can indicate someone’s ongoing or habitual intention in the
Etymology: Pretender derives from the Latin praetendere, meaning to stretch forth or to hold forth, and has