Practice FrenchB2verb
prétendre
to claim, to assert (without proof)
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Il prétend n’avoir jamais reçu le message. »
“He claims he never received the message.”
In other languages
- Spanish afirmar, sostener (sin pruebas)
- Portuguese alegar, afirmar (sem provas)
- Arabic يَزعُم، يدّعي
- German behaupten
- Italian sostenere, affermare (senza prove)
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