intentar

A2Rank #1261

to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put forth effort in so doing

Part of speech
verb
Frequency rank
#1261 of 5,000

Conjugate intentar - all tenses →

Vale la pena intentarlo.

It's worth a shot.

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"intentar" in example sentences

"intentar" appears in 580 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 32 spellings (its conjugated forms). Here are 3 of them.

Que lo intente.

Let him try.

Tatoeba #11682896

¿Por qué no lo intentas?

Why don't you give it a try?

Tatoeba #4531519

¿Por qué no lo intentamos?

Why don't we try?

Tatoeba #10134490

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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