English Experts

[PKdbz]

Bem, estava assistindo a uma série quando mencionaram a velha brincadeira "Faz de conta" como "Make believe".

Está certo ou ouvi errado? rs
Alguma outra sugestão?

[murilo91]

Sim, funciona,

seria, imagine,

imagine you are a girl, make believe you are a girl

[Lu Interact]

You can just say:

Pretend

Pretend that you are rich for a day....

[Logan18]

I agree with Lu, It'd be better to use " pretend ".

[Flavia.lm]

Gosto do "make believe", acho que está bem relacionado com o "faz de conta" infantil:

make believe
to pretend that something is real, especially in a game
The children like to make believe that they live in a castle.
source: Macmillan

[murilo91]

Exatamente,
seria "imaginar"

faz de conta que você é um astronauta ( imagine que você é um astronauta), ja pretend (fingir) nao daria a mesma idéia!

now make believe you are a native english speaker rsrsrsrsrs!

regards!

[Flavia.lm]

Actually, Murilo, "pretend" can be used in this context. I just wanted to say that there's no "better" or "worse" option, just different ways to express the same idea.

[murilo91]

hmmmmm I will keep that thought, because "pretend" means something "more serious",
a child won't probably say: " hmmm pretend you're a doll...." meaning " imagine you're a doll"

all in all "pretend" works somehow, but with a distinct meaning from "make believe" it'll depend on the case, look:

we can't pretend that everything is ok
we can't make believe that everything is ok

both express the same idea in that case^^ but in other cases, no, just a little more distinct ;P

Thank you

[Lu Interact]

There is no real difference between the two. The word pretend is not more serious or had a stronger meaning that make believe.

Small kids in UK would say: Let's pretend we are flying. as a normal course of their speech.

It is a commonly used word. I think American kids would not use it as much and would use more make believe.

[murilo91]

great, you got it^^