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All the words: Spanish

intentar

Level A2

Meaning

to try

Example

Intenté llamarte, pero tenías el móvil apagado.

I tried to call you, but your cell phone was turned off.

A way to remember it

Think of English "intent": intentar is acting with intent, "to try". Not entender "to understand".

Word forms

Conjugation
present
I
intento
you (sg.)
intentas
he, she
intenta
we
intentamos
you (pl.)
intentáis
they
intentan
simple past
I
intenté
you (sg.)
intentaste
he, she
intentó
we
intentamos
you (pl.)
intentasteis
they
intentaron
imperfect
I
intentaba
you (sg.)
intentabas
he, she
intentaba
we
intentábamos
you (pl.)
intentabais
they
intentaban
imperative
you (sg.)
intenta
we
intentemos
you (pl.)
intentad
future
I
intentaré
you (sg.)
intentarás
he, she
intentará
we
intentaremos
you (pl.)
intentaréis
they
intentarán
conditional
I
intentaría
you (sg.)
intentarías
he, she
intentaría
we
intentaríamos
they
intentarían
present subjunctive
I
intente
you (sg.)
intentes
he, she
intente
we
intentemos
you (pl.)
intentéis
they
intenten
imperfect subjunctive
I
intentara / intentase
you (sg.)
intentaras / intentases
he, she
intentara / intentase
we
intentáramos / intentásemos
you (pl.)
intentarais / intentaseis
they
intentaran / intentasen

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