Se faire passer pour - English Translation

Translation of Se faire passer pour from French to English
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se faire passer pour (Victor Hugo) : to pretend to be, to claim to be (Victor Hugo)
passer pour (un Français) : to pass for, to pass as, to be seen as (a Frenchman)
faire passer (son frère) pour (son mari) : to pass (your brother) off as (your husband), to pretend that (your brother) is (your husband)
  • "Événement inattendu au sommet européen de Bruxelles : un vieil homme barbu, essayant de se faire passer pour Victor Hugo, a pris la parole pour défendre la constitution européenne."
  • "Autrefois, on emmenait sa secrétaire en voyage en la faisant passer pour sa femme ;"
  • "aujourd’hui, avec le régime des notes de frais, on emmène sa femme en la faisant passer pour sa secrétaire."
  • "À la rigueur, cela pourrait passer pour de l’art brut ou de l’art naïf québécois."

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