pretense

English-Turkish Translation

  1. Noun gösteriş, sahte/yapmacık tavır, taslama, tasannu.
    false pretenses: sahte görünüş/tavır, hile,
    sahtekârlık.
    a pretense of friendship.
  2. Noun hile, yalan, kandırmaca.
    His anger was all pretense.
  3. Noun bahane, vesile.
    on the slightest pretense: en ufak bahane ile.
    under the pretense of: bahanesiyle,
    … gibi yaparak.
    Under the pretense of picking up the handkerchief, she took the money.
  4. Noun özenti, olduğundan başka türlü görünme gayreti.
    Her manner is free from pretense.
  5. Noun (asılsız/mesnetsiz/delilsiz) iddia.
English-Turkish translations from the Atalay Dictionary, First Edition

English Turkish Phrases

force one's way in under false pretense
yalan dolanla kendine yol açmak Verb
allege something as a pretense
bir şeyi bahane göstermek Verb
make a pretense
yalancıktan yapmak, yapar gibi görünmek.
He didn't like the food, but he made a pretense of eating
some of it as he was a guest.
obtain credit by false pretense
sahtekârlıkla kredi almak Verb
under pretense
bahanesiyle
pretense to
iddia.
She has never made any pretense to ladylike behavior.
do something under the pretense of patriotism
bir şeyi vatanseverlik bahanesiyle yapmak Verb
make no pretense to
'da iddiası olmamak Verb
English-Turkish phrases from Zargan's own database