Translation examples
verb
- Non fingevo, Jace.
- I wasn't pretending, Jace.
- Fingeva di guidarlo.
Pretending to drive it.
Fingevo fosse un'astronave...
Pretend it was a spaceship.
- Fingevo di essere cosa?
Pretending to be what?
~ Fingevo di non sapere... ~
I pretended not to know...
- ma io fingevo...
- But I'd pretend
Ti fingevi malato?
That's why you've pretended to be sick?
! Fingevo di esserlo.
I've just been pretending to be one.
Fingevi di essere morto?
Pretend to be dead here?
Ma non fingevo.
But I was not pretending.
verb
Perchè tu... fingevi?
You were... faking?
Beh, in realta' fingevo.
Well, I was faking it.
Sapevo che non fingeva.
I knew he wasn't faking.
Secondo me non fingeva.
I don't think he was faking.
E' ovvio che fingeva!
She obviously was faking her injury!
Ecceto quando fingevo.
Except if I faked it.
Chang fingeva d'avere la Changnesia?
Chang was faking his Changnesia?
Bene, allora non fingeva.
Then she wasn't faking.
Sapevo che fingevi!
I knew that you were faking it.
verb
- Non fingeva interesse mentre chattava.
He didn't feign interest while he surfed the web.
verb
O quantomeno lo fingeva, semmai.
Or acting as if that's the case.
Fingeva di esserlo.
She was acting helpless.
Fingevo di fare il doppio gioco, lavorando per l'Anello.
I was acting as a double agent, working within the Ring.
Ero io che mi fingevo sorpresa.
That was me acting surprised.
E la famiglia fingeva che non fosse successo.
And the family acted like it never happened.
Fingevo solo perche' pensavo che tu stessi bene.
I was only acting okay 'cause I thought you were okay.
- Be', fingeva di esserlo.
- Well, he acted.
Beh, ma io fingevo.
Well, that was an act.
Ma io fingevo di non notarlo.
But I... I kept acting like I didn't care.
Se fingevo di aver ucciso tuo figlio.
If I acted like I killed your kid.
verb
Gia', fingevo di essere lui a calcio.
Yeah, I used to play him in soccer.
Fingeva di essere morto.
The guy was playing possum.
O stordito momentaneamente, o forse si fingeva morto.
Or temporarily dazed. Or playing possum, maybe.
Cosa vuol dire "fingeva"?
What do you mean, playing? Never mind.
Fingevo di stare al gioco.
I was just playing along.
- Quando si fingeva una vittima,
When she was playing the victim,
Qualcuno si fingeva Dio.
No. Someone who was playing god.
- Probabilmente si fingeva morta. Come gli animali.
- She was probably playing dead.
No, mi fingevo morta.
No, I was playing dead.
verb
Mastropiero fingeva una fervente passione per la Duchessa, ma, alle sue spalle,... corteggiava la figlia di essa, Genoveva;
Mastropiero simulated an ardent passion for the duchess, but, behind her back,... courted her daughter, Genevieve;
Ma la Nutritrice... fingeva.
But "Miss Feed" only dealt in simulation.
verb
Sapevano chi ero, ed ero cosciente che avrebbero potuto raccontare tutto alla polizia, ma fingevo, presuntuosamente, di stare simpatico a chi mi conosceva, e che non mi avrebbero tradito.
They knew who I was and I was aware that any one could turn me in at any time. I just bigheadedly assumed that anyone who knew me liked me, and wouldn't do such a thing. I've got money.
Mentre componevo "Urlo", facevo finta che tanto poi non lo avrebbero pubblicato perché... non volevo che mio padre leggesse cosa... c'era scritto, quindi... fingevo che non lo avrebbero pubblicato così... potevo scrivere quello che volevo.
At the time, writing "Howl," I assumed when writing it that it was not something that would be published, because... I wouldn't want my daddy to see what was in there.
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