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intentar

attempt, to try, try

Gerund: intentando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular intentado intentada
Plural intentados intentadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo intento intentaba intenté intentaré intentaría
tú intentas intentabas intentaste intentarás intentarías
él/ella/Ud. intenta intentaba intentó intentará intentaría
nosotros intentamos intentábamos intentamos intentaremos intentaríamos
vosotros intentáis intentabais intentasteis intentaréis intentaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. intentan intentaban intentaron intentarán intentarían
vos intentás intentabas intentaste intentarás intentarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo intente intentara intentase intentare
tú intentes intentaras intentases intentares
él/ella/Ud. intente intentara intentase intentare
nosotros intentemos intentáramos intentásemos intentáremos
vosotros intentéis intentarais intentaseis intentareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. intenten intentaran intentasen intentaren
vos intentés intentaras intentases intentares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú intenta no intentes
Ud. intente no intente
nosotros intentemos no intentemos
vosotros intentad no intentéis
Uds. intenten no intenten
vos intentá no intentes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Se necesita mucha imaginación para intentar añadir nuevas oraciones aquí.

    A lot of imagination is needed to try to add new sentences here.

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  • No sé mucho sobre el éxito, ¡Pero la clave para el fracaso es intentar complacer a todo el mundo!

    I don't know about success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone!

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  • No está bien intentar imponer las ideas propias a los demás.

    You should not try to force your ideas on others.

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  • ¿Puedo intentar?

    Can I try it?

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  • Deberías intentar no rascarte las picaduras de mosquito.

    You should try not to scratch your insect bites.

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  • Agradezco su oferta, pero me gustaría intentar hacerlo solo.

    I appreciate your offer, but I'd like to try to do this on my own.

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  • Deberías intentar verlo.

    You should try to see it.

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  • Fracasó al intentar hacer lo que dijo que haría.

    He failed to do what he said he would do.

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  • Podéis intentar adivinarlo tres veces.

    You can have three guesses.

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  • Intentar encontrar la felicidad solo te hace infeliz.

    Trying to find happiness only makes you unhappy.

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