Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intento | |
| tú | intentas | |
| él / ella / usted | intenta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intentan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intenté | |
| tú | intentaste | |
| él / ella / usted | intentó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intentaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intentaba | |
| tú | intentabas | |
| él / ella / usted | intentaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intentaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intentaré | |
| tú | intentarás | |
| él / ella / usted | intentará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intentarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intentaría | |
| tú | intentarías | |
| él / ella / usted | intentaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intentarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | intente | |
| tú | intentes | |
| él / ella / usted | intente | |
| nosotros / nosotras | intentemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | intentéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | intenten |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put forth effort in so doing
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations