intentar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intentāre, present active infinitive of intentō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /in.tənˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.tenˈtaɾ/
Verb
intentar (first-person singular present intento, past participle intentat)
- to try, to attempt
- No vaig intentar mai concentrar-me en una única cosa. ― I never tried to concentrate on one single thing.
- to intend, to mean
- No, de debò, què intenteu amb tot això? ― No, seriously, what do you mean by all that?
Conjugation
Conjugation of intentar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | intentar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | intentant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | intentat | intentada | |||||
| plural | intentats | intentades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | intento | intentes | intenta | intentem | intenteu | intenten | |
| imperfect | intentava | intentaves | intentava | intentàvem | intentàveu | intentaven | |
| future | intentaré | intentaràs | intentarà | intentarem | intentareu | intentaran | |
| preterite | intentí | intentares | intentà | intentàrem | intentàreu | intentaren | |
| conditional | intentaria | intentaries | intentaria | intentaríem | intentaríeu | intentarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | intenti | intentis | intenti | intentem | intenteu | intentin | |
| imperfect | intentés | intentessis | intentés | intentéssim | intentéssiu | intentessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | intenta | intenti | intentem | intenteu | intentin | ||
Related terms
- intenció
- intent
See also
- provar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intentāre, present active infinitive of intentō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intenˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ten‧tar
Verb
intentar (first-person singular present intento, first-person singular preterite intenté, past participle intentado)
- to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put forth effort in so doing
- Synonym: tratar
- Intento correr pero me canso mucho.
- I try to run, but I get very tired.
- Vale la pena intentarlo.
- It's worth a shot.
Conjugation
Conjugation of intentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | intentar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | intentando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | intentado | intentada | |||||
| plural | intentados | intentadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | intento | intentastú intentásvos | intenta | intentamos | intentáis | intentan | |
| imperfect | intentaba | intentabas | intentaba | intentábamos | intentabais | intentaban | |
| preterite | intenté | intentaste | intentó | intentamos | intentasteis | intentaron | |
| future | intentaré | intentarás | intentará | intentaremos | intentaréis | intentarán | |
| conditional | intentaría | intentarías | intentaría | intentaríamos | intentaríais | intentarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | intente | intentestú intentésvos2 | intente | intentemos | intentéis | intenten | |
| imperfect (ra) | intentara | intentaras | intentara | intentáramos | intentarais | intentaran | |
| imperfect (se) | intentase | intentases | intentase | intentásemos | intentaseis | intentasen | |
| future1 | intentare | intentares | intentare | intentáremos | intentareis | intentaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | intentatú intentávos | intente | intentemos | intentad | intenten | ||
| negative | no intentes | no intente | no intentemos | no intentéis | no intenten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of intentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive intentar | |||||||
| dative | intentarme | intentarte | intentarle, intentarse | intentarnos | intentaros | intentarles, intentarse | |
| accusative | intentarme | intentarte | intentarlo, intentarla, intentarse | intentarnos | intentaros | intentarlos, intentarlas, intentarse | |
| with gerund intentando | |||||||
| dative | intentándome | intentándote | intentándole, intentándose | intentándonos | intentándoos | intentándoles, intentándose | |
| accusative | intentándome | intentándote | intentándolo, intentándola, intentándose | intentándonos | intentándoos | intentándolos, intentándolas, intentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative intenta | |||||||
| dative | inténtame | inténtate | inténtale | inténtanos | not used | inténtales | |
| accusative | inténtame | inténtate | inténtalo, inténtala | inténtanos | not used | inténtalos, inténtalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative intentá | |||||||
| dative | intentame | intentate | intentale | intentanos | not used | intentales | |
| accusative | intentame | intentate | intentalo, intentala | intentanos | not used | intentalos, intentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative intente | |||||||
| dative | inténteme | not used | inténtele, inténtese | inténtenos | not used | inténteles | |
| accusative | inténteme | not used | inténtelo, inténtela, inténtese | inténtenos | not used | inténtelos, inténtelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative intentemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | intentémoste | intentémosle | intentémonos | intentémoos | intentémosles | |
| accusative | not used | intentémoste | intentémoslo, intentémosla | intentémonos | intentémoos | intentémoslos, intentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative intentad | |||||||
| dative | intentadme | not used | intentadle | intentadnos | intentaos | intentadles | |
| accusative | intentadme | not used | intentadlo, intentadla | intentadnos | intentaos | intentadlos, intentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative intenten | |||||||
| dative | inténtenme | not used | inténtenle | inténtennos | not used | inténtenles, inténtense | |
| accusative | inténtenme | not used | inténtenlo, inténtenla | inténtennos | not used | inténtenlos, inténtenlas, inténtense | |
Related terms
- intento
- intención
- intender
See also
- probar
- tratar
Further reading
- “intentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014