Ella VerbsTo pretend, to fake Irregular Verb
At a glance: Fingir (to pretend, to fake) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: finjo, finges, finge, fingimos, fingís, fingen. Its irregularities include: G changes to j for yo in the indicative present (and therefore affects the subjunctive present and the imperatives).
Fingir is the Spanish verb for "to pretend, to fake". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to fingir include: aparentar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fingir | to pretend, to fake |
| Past participle | fingido | pretended |
| Gerund | fingiendo | pretending |
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The Indicative Present of fingir is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "finjo", meaning "I pretend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | finjo | I pretend |
| Tú | finges | you pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | finge | s/he pretends |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingimos | we pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingís | you (plural) pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingen | they pretend |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Preterite of fingir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "fingí", meaning "I pretended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingí | I pretended |
| Tú | fingiste | you pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingió | s/he pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingimos | we pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingisteis | you (plural) pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingieron | they pretended |
The Indicative Imperfect of fingir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "fingía", meaning "I used to pretend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingía | I used to pretend |
| Tú | fingías | you used to pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingía | s/he used to pretend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingíamos | we used to pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingíais | you (plural) used to pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingían | they used to pretend |
The Indicative Present Continuous of fingir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy fingiendo", meaning "I am pretending".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy fingiendo | I am pretending |
| Tú | estás fingiendo | you are pretending |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está fingiendo | s/he is pretending |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos fingiendo | we are pretending |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis fingiendo | you (plural) are pretending |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están fingiendo | they are pretending |
The Indicative Informal Future of fingir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a fingir", meaning "I am going to pretend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a fingir | I am going to pretend |
| Tú | vas a fingir | you are going to pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a fingir | s/he is going to pretend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a fingir | we are going to pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a fingir | you (plural) are going to pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a fingir | they are going to pretend |
The Indicative Future of fingir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "fingiré", meaning "I will pretend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingiré | I will pretend |
| Tú | fingirás | you will pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingirá | s/he will pretend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingiremos | we will pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingiréis | you (plural) will pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingirán | they will pretend |
The Indicative Conditional of fingir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "fingiría", meaning "I would pretend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingiría | I would pretend |
| Tú | fingirías | you would pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingiría | s/he would pretend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingiríamos | we would pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingiríais | you (plural) would pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingirían | they would pretend |
The Indicative Present Perfect of fingir is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he fingido", meaning "I have pretended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he fingido | I have pretended |
| Tú | has fingido | you have pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha fingido | s/he has pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos fingido | we have pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis fingido | you (plural) have pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han fingido | they have pretended |
The Indicative Past Perfect of fingir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había fingido", meaning "I had pretended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había fingido | I had pretended |
| Tú | habías fingido | you had pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había fingido | s/he had pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos fingido | we had pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais fingido | you (plural) had pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían fingido | they had pretended |
The Indicative Future Perfect of fingir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré fingido", meaning "I will have pretended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré fingido | I will have pretended |
| Tú | habrás fingido | you will have pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá fingido | s/he will have pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos fingido | we will have pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis fingido | you (plural) will have pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán fingido | they will have pretended |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of fingir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría fingido", meaning "I would have pretended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría fingido | I would have pretended |
| Tú | habrías fingido | you would have pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría fingido | s/he would have pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos fingido | we would have pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais fingido | you (plural) would have pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían fingido | they would have pretended |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "finja", meaning "I pretend".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | finja | I pretend |
| Tú | finjas | you pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | finja | s/he pretends |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | finjamos | we pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | finjáis | you (plural) pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | finjan | they pretend |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "fingiera", meaning "I pretended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingiera | I pretended |
| Tú | fingieras | you pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingiera | s/he pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingiéramos | we pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingierais | you (plural) pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingieran | they pretended |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "fingiere", meaning "I will pretend".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fingiere | I will pretend |
| Tú | fingieres | you will pretend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fingiere | s/he will pretend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fingiéremos | we will pretend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingiereis | you (plural) will pretend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fingieren | they will pretend |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya fingido", meaning "I have pretended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya fingido | I have pretended |
| Tú | hayas fingido | you have pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya fingido | s/he has pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos fingido | we have pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis fingido | you (plural) have pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan fingido | they have pretended |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera fingido", meaning "I had pretended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera fingido | I had pretended |
| Tú | hubieras fingido | you had pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera fingido | s/he had pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos fingido | we had pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais fingido | you (plural) had pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran fingido | they had pretended |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere fingido", meaning "I will have pretended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere fingido | I will have pretended |
| Tú | hubieres fingido | you will have pretended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere fingido | s/he will have pretended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos fingido | we will have pretended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis fingido | you (plural) will have pretended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren fingido | they will have pretended |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "finja", meaning "(to you formal) pretend!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | finge | (to you) pretend! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | finja | (to you formal) pretend! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | finjamos | let's pretend! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fingid | (to you plural) pretend! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | finjan | (to you plural formal) pretend! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no finja", meaning "(to you formal) don't pretend!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no finjas | (to you) don't pretend! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no finja | (to you formal) don't pretend! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no finjamos | let's not pretend! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no finjáis | (to you plural) don't pretend! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no finjan | (to you plural formal) don't pretend! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
Fingir is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: G changes to j for yo in the indicative present (and therefore affects the subjunctive present and the imperatives).
In the present tense (presente), fingir is conjugated as: yo finjo, tú finges, él/ella/usted finge, nosotros fingimos, vosotros fingís, ellos/ellas/ustedes fingen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), fingir is conjugated as: yo fingí, tú fingiste, él/ella/usted fingió, nosotros fingimos, vosotros fingisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fingieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), fingir is conjugated as: yo fingía, tú fingías, él/ella/usted fingía, nosotros fingíamos, vosotros fingíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes fingían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), fingir is conjugated as: yo fingiré, tú fingirás, él/ella/usted fingirá, nosotros fingiremos, vosotros fingiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fingirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), fingir is conjugated as: yo finja, tú finjas, él/ella/usted finja, nosotros finjamos, vosotros finjáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes finjan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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