бу́дто

conjunction

as if, as though
как как бу́дто сло́вно
у вас тако́й вид, бу́дто вы не по́няли you look as if, or as though, you did not understand
Поднялся́ шум, бу́дто кто́-то бил молотко́м по желе́зному листу́. Some noise started, as if someone hammered an iron sheet.
it seems that, apparently; profess, professes
говоря́т, бу́дто он уе́хал it seems that he has gone away, he has gone away it seems, or apparently
он расска́зывает, бу́дто он получи́л пе́рвую пре́мию he professes to have received the first prize
really?
уж бу́дто вы так непогреши́мы? are you really so infallible?
allegedly, apparently, that (with some uncertainty)
Говоря́т, бу́дто он уе́хал за грани́цу. They say he's gone abroad/overseas, apparently.
used in the following idiomatic expressions
бу́дто бы allegedly, ostensibly; supposedly
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