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Slovak
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
pretvárať impf
- imperfective form of pretvoriť (“to transform, to change”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pretvárať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
Etymology 2
Compare Russian притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja).
Verb
pretvárať sa impf
- Alternative form of pretvarovať sa (“to pretend”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pretvárať sa (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
Further reading
- “pretvárať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025