intentar

From Latin intentāre.

intentar (first-person singular indicative present intento, past participle intentáu)

1. to try

   Synonyms: tratar, probar

• “intentar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “intentar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin intentāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.tenˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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intentar (first-person singular present intento, first-person singular preterite intentí, past participle intentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to try, to attempt

   No vaig intentar mai concentrar-me en una única cosa. ― I never tried to concentrate on one single thing.

2. to intend, to mean

   No, de debò, què intenteu amb tot això? ― No, seriously, what do you mean by all that?

• intenció
• intent

• provar

• “intentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “intentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “intentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin intentāre.

• IPA^(key): /intenˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧tar

intentar (first-person singular present intento, first-person singular preterite intenté, past participle intentado)

1. 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.

• probar
• tratar

• “intentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024