pretendíais

Pretendíais is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb pretender. The verb pretender generally means "to intend," "to aim," "to pretend," or "to claim." Therefore, "pretendíais" translates to "you all intended," "you all aimed," "you all pretended," or "you all claimed," depending on the context in which it is used.

The imperfect tense in Spanish is used to describe ongoing actions, habitual actions, or states of being in the past. When used with "pretendíais," it suggests that the action of intending, aiming, pretending, or claiming was happening over a period of time in the past, or was a repeated action, or described a situation in the past without a specific beginning or end.

For example, "Pretendíais ganar la competición" means "You all intended to win the competition." In this case, the imperfect indicates a past intention that may or may not have been realized. Another example, "Pretendíais que erais ricos" translates to "You all pretended that you were rich." Here, the imperfect describes a past pretense that was ongoing. The specific meaning is always dictated by the surrounding Spanish sentence.