Intentar Conjugation

to try/attempt in Spanish

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

intentando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

intentado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intento I try/attempt	I try/attempt
tú	intentas you try/attempt	you try/attempt
él/ella/usted	intenta he/she/you try/attempts	he/she/you try/attempts
nosotros	intentamos we try/attempt	we try/attempt
vosotros	intentáis you all try/attempt	you all try/attempt
ellos/ustedes	intentan they/you all try/attempt	they/you all try/attempt

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intentaba I used to try/attempt	I used to try/attempt
tú	intentabas you used to try/attempt	you used to try/attempt
él/ella/usted	intentaba he/she/you used to try/attempt	he/she/you used to try/attempt
nosotros	intentábamos we used to try/attempt	we used to try/attempt
vosotros	intentabais you all used to try/attempt	you all used to try/attempt
ellos/ustedes	intentaban they/you all used to try/attempt	they/you all used to try/attempt

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intenté I try/attempted	I try/attempted
tú	intentaste you try/attempted	you try/attempted
él/ella/usted	intentó he/she/you try/attempted	he/she/you try/attempted
nosotros	intentamos we try/attempted	we try/attempted
vosotros	intentasteis you all try/attempted	you all try/attempted
ellos/ustedes	intentaron they/you all try/attempted	they/you all try/attempted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intentaré I will try/attempt	I will try/attempt
tú	intentarás you will try/attempt	you will try/attempt
él/ella/usted	intentará he/she/you will try/attempt	he/she/you will try/attempt
nosotros	intentaremos we will try/attempt	we will try/attempt
vosotros	intentaréis you all will try/attempt	you all will try/attempt
ellos/ustedes	intentarán they/you all will try/attempt	they/you all will try/attempt

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intentaría I would try/attempt	I would try/attempt
tú	intentarías you would try/attempt	you would try/attempt
él/ella/usted	intentaría he/she/you would try/attempt	he/she/you would try/attempt
nosotros	intentaríamos we would try/attempt	we would try/attempt
vosotros	intentaríais you all would try/attempt	you all would try/attempt
ellos/ustedes	intentarían they/you all would try/attempt	they/you all would try/attempt

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intente that I try/attempt	that I try/attempt
tú	intentes that you try/attempt	that you try/attempt
él/ella/usted	intente that he/she/you try/attempt	that he/she/you try/attempt
nosotros	intentemos that we try/attempt	that we try/attempt
vosotros	intentéis that you all try/attempt	that you all try/attempt
ellos/ustedes	intenten that they/you all try/attempt	that they/you all try/attempt

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	intentara or intentase that I try/attempted	that I try/attempted
tú	intentaras or intentases that you try/attempted	that you try/attempted
él/ella/usted	intentara or intentase that he/she/you try/attempted	that he/she/you try/attempted
nosotros	intentáramos or intentásemos that we try/attempted	that we try/attempted
vosotros	intentarais or intentaseis that you all try/attempted	that you all try/attempted
ellos/ustedes	intentaran or intentasen that they/you all try/attempted	that they/you all try/attempted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	intenta	try/attempt! (you)
usted	intente	try/attempt! (you formal)
nosotros	intentemos	let's try/attempt!
vosotros	intentad	try/attempt! (you all)
ustedes	intenten	try/attempt! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no intentes	don't try/attempt! (you)
usted	no intente	don't try/attempt! (you formal)
nosotros	no intentemos	let's not try/attempt!
vosotros	no intentéis	don't try/attempt! (you all)
ustedes	no intenten	don't try/attempt! (you all)

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