So the pretext: So can be an interjection, a contraction, a deprecated pronoun or a preposition derives from the latin ( sub ) that means low or below. In the latter case, i.e. as preposition in Spanish often attached to nouns such as coating, pena, pretext...followed by the preposition of, forming fixed expressions. So the pretext of means with the excuse, with the apology, with the apparent motive of...