претендувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Latin praetendō +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty). Compare Russian претендова́ть (pretendovátʹ), Belarusian прэтэндава́ць (pretendavácʹ), Polish pretendować.

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Verb

претендува́ти • (pretenduváty) impf (+ на + accusative or + infinitive)

1. to aspire, to claim, to have pretensions, to lay claim, to make a claim (assert or demand ownership)
2. to claim, to pretend, to purport (assert possession of qualities, capabilities or knowledge, especially those that one does not have)

   Я не претенду́ю на всезнання́. ― Ja ne pretendúju na vseznannjá. ― I don't claim to be omniscient.

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Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “претендувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “претендувати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “претендувати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “претендувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “претендувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “претендувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)