Atentar

to attempt

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

atentar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

atentando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

atentado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atento I attempt	I attempt
tú	atentas you attempt	you attempt
él/ella/usted	atenta he/she/you attempts	he/she/you attempts
nosotros	atentamos we attempt	we attempt
vosotros	atentáis you all attempt	you all attempt
ellos/ustedes	atentan they/you all attempt	they/you all attempt

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atentaba I used to attempt	I used to attempt
tú	atentabas you used to attempt	you used to attempt
él/ella/usted	atentaba he/she/you used to attempt	he/she/you used to attempt
nosotros	atentábamos we used to attempt	we used to attempt
vosotros	atentabais you all used to attempt	you all used to attempt
ellos/ustedes	atentaban they/you all used to attempt	they/you all used to attempt

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atenté I attempted	I attempted
tú	atentaste you attempted	you attempted
él/ella/usted	atentó he/she/you attempted	he/she/you attempted
nosotros	atentamos we attempted	we attempted
vosotros	atentasteis you all attempted	you all attempted
ellos/ustedes	atentaron they/you all attempted	they/you all attempted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atentaré I will attempt	I will attempt
tú	atentarás you will attempt	you will attempt
él/ella/usted	atentará he/she/you will attempt	he/she/you will attempt
nosotros	atentaremos we will attempt	we will attempt
vosotros	atentaréis you all will attempt	you all will attempt
ellos/ustedes	atentarán they/you all will attempt	they/you all will attempt

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atentaría I would attempt	I would attempt
tú	atentarías you would attempt	you would attempt
él/ella/usted	atentaría he/she/you would attempt	he/she/you would attempt
nosotros	atentaríamos we would attempt	we would attempt
vosotros	atentaríais you all would attempt	you all would attempt
ellos/ustedes	atentarían they/you all would attempt	they/you all would attempt

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atente that I attempt	that I attempt
tú	atentes that you attempt	that you attempt
él/ella/usted	atente that he/she/you attempt	that he/she/you attempt
nosotros	atentemos that we attempt	that we attempt
vosotros	atentéis that you all attempt	that you all attempt
ellos/ustedes	atenten that they/you all attempt	that they/you all attempt

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	atentara or atentase that I attempted	that I attempted
tú	atentaras or atentases that you attempted	that you attempted
él/ella/usted	atentara or atentase that he/she/you attempted	that he/she/you attempted
nosotros	atentáramos or atentásemos that we attempted	that we attempted
vosotros	atentarais or atentaseis that you all attempted	that you all attempted
ellos/ustedes	atentaran or atentasen that they/you all attempted	that they/you all attempted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he atentado I have attempted	I have attempted
tú	has atentado you have attempted	you have attempted
él/ella/usted	ha atentado he/she/you have attempted	he/she/you have attempted
nosotros	hemos atentado we have attempted	we have attempted
vosotros	habéis atentado you all have attempted	you all have attempted
ellos/ustedes	han atentado they/you all have attempted	they/you all have attempted

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había atentado I had attempted	I had attempted
tú	habías atentado you had attempted	you had attempted
él/ella/usted	había atentado he/she/you had attempted	he/she/you had attempted
nosotros	habíamos atentado we had attempted	we had attempted
vosotros	habíais atentado you all had attempted	you all had attempted
ellos/ustedes	habían atentado they/you all had attempted	they/you all had attempted

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube atentado I had attempted	I had attempted
tú	hubiste atentado you had attempted	you had attempted
él/ella/usted	hubo atentado he/she/you had attempted	he/she/you had attempted
nosotros	hubimos atentado we had attempted	we had attempted
vosotros	hubisteis atentado you all had attempted	you all had attempted
ellos/ustedes	hubieron atentado they/you all had attempted	they/you all had attempted

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré atentado I will have attempted	I will have attempted
tú	habrás atentado you will have attempted	you will have attempted
él/ella/usted	habrá atentado he/she/you will have attempted	he/she/you will have attempted
nosotros	habremos atentado we will have attempted	we will have attempted
vosotros	habréis atentado you all will have attempted	you all will have attempted
ellos/ustedes	habrán atentado they/you all will have attempted	they/you all will have attempted

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría atentado I would have attempted	I would have attempted
tú	habrías atentado you would have attempted	you would have attempted
él/ella/usted	habría atentado he/she/you would have attempted	he/she/you would have attempted
nosotros	habríamos atentado we would have attempted	we would have attempted
vosotros	habríais atentado you all would have attempted	you all would have attempted
ellos/ustedes	habrían atentado they/you all would have attempted	they/you all would have attempted

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya atentado that I have attempted	that I have attempted
tú	hayas atentado that you have attempted	that you have attempted
él/ella/usted	haya atentado that he/she/you have attempted	that he/she/you have attempted
nosotros	hayamos atentado that we have attempted	that we have attempted
vosotros	hayáis atentado that you all have attempted	that you all have attempted
ellos/ustedes	hayan atentado that they/you all have attempted	that they/you all have attempted

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera atentado that I had attempted	that I had attempted
tú	hubieras atentado that you had attempted	that you had attempted
él/ella/usted	hubiera atentado that he/she/you had attempted	that he/she/you had attempted
nosotros	hubiéramos atentado that we had attempted	that we had attempted
vosotros	hubierais atentado that you all had attempted	that you all had attempted
ellos/ustedes	hubieran atentado that they/you all had attempted	that they/you all had attempted

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	atenta	attempt! (you)
usted	atente	attempt! (you formal)
nosotros	atentemos	let's attempt!
vosotros	atentad	attempt! (you all)
ustedes	atenten	attempt! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no atentes	don't attempt! (you)
usted	no atente	don't attempt! (you formal)
nosotros	no atentemos	let's not attempt!
vosotros	no atentéis	don't attempt! (you all)
ustedes	no atenten	don't attempt! (you all)

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