She's a wannabe actress.
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Wannabe
//ˈwɒnəbi//
Synonyms for "wannabe" (20 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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22 translations across 13 languages.
Czech
1 entries- rádoby noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Dutch
1 entries- wannabe noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Finnish
1 entries- matkija noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
French
1 entries- wannabe noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
German
1 entries- Möchtegern noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Hungarian
1 entries- önjelölt noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Japanese
3 entries- もどき noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- ワナビ noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- ワナビー noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Norwegian
1 entries- wannabe noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Polish
2 entries- pozer noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- pozerka noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Portuguese
1 entries- metido a noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Spanish
4 entries- aparentador noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- aspirante noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- guanabí noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
- pseudo noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Swedish
1 entries- wannabe noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Turkish
1 entries- özenti noun (someone who wishes to be like someone, but lacks the qualifications)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom is a wannabe actor.
Source: tatoeba (7113270)
Tankies are wannabe cops.
Source: tatoeba (9086438)
Ziri barged into Rima's room, dressed like a wannabe model.
Source: tatoeba (11171452)
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