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wasn't intending to
[ˈwɑːzənt ɪnˈtɛndɪŋ tuː]
verb phrase
não pretendia
1.
did not have the purpose or plan to do something
I wasn't intending to hurt your feelings.
Não pretendia machucar seus sentimentos.
2.
did not mean to; unintentional action
I wasn't intending to be rude, it just came out that way.
Não pretendia ser rude, simplesmente saiu assim.
NYC Slang
wasn't tryna / wasn't trying to
Synonyms
didn't mean to
wasn't planning to
didn't intend to
had no intention of
Antonyms
was intending to
meant to
planned to
deliberately did
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
não pretendia
most common usage
Rio de Janeiro
não tava pretendendo
informal colloquial variant
São Paulo
não pretendia
standard usage
Portugal
não pretendia
standard Portuguese usage
Related Idioms & Phrases
no hard feelings
didn't mean it
it just happened
unintentional act
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