pretextar

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Spanish

Etymology

From pretexto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧tex‧tar

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)

  1. to give as a pretext
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:
      Decir o cantar la Maunífica o Magníficat, no precisamente el himno que entonó María en la visita a su prima Isabel, sino una oración o lo que fuere, que la gente supersticiosa que la sabe se niega a comunicar, pretextando ignorarla, y de la cual daremos en otro lugar la única y muy disparatada versión que hemos podido recoger.
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