tentar

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tentar
transitive verb
1to feel (palpar)
2to tempt (atraer, incitar)

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tentar [ten-tar']
article & verb transitive
1To touch (tocar); to try (probar), to examine or prove by touch, to feel.
2To grope.
3To tempt (atraer), to instigate, to incite, to stimulate.
4To attempt, to procure.
5To hesitate.
6To probe a wound; to tent.
7To experiment; to try; to prove.
Andar tentando, to make essays or trials; to grope or feel where one cannot see. Me tentó con una copita de anís, she tempted me with a glass of anise. Tentar a uno a hacer algo, to tempt somebody to do something.(Yo tiento, yo tiente, from Tentar. V. ACRECENTAR.

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tentar
verbo:transitivo
1 (seducir) to tempt
me tentó con una copita de anís she tempted me with a glass of anisette; no me tienta nada la idea I can't say I fancy the idea; (familiar) tentar a algn a hacer algo to tempt sb to do sth
2 (palpar) to feel; (Med) to probe
ir tentando el camino to feel one's way
3 (probar) to test; try (out)
verbo:pronominal
tentarse (familiar) (S. Cone) to give in (to temptation)
no compra chocolates porque se tienta y se los come son muy caros pero me tenté y me los compré

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Verb Conjugation for "tentar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo tiento tenté tentaba tentaré tiente
Tú tientas tentaste tentabas tentarás tientes
Ella/Él/Usted tienta tentó tentaba tentará tiente
Nosotros tentamos tentamos tentábamos tentaremos tentemos
Vosotros tentáis tentasteis tentabais tentaréis tentéis
Ellos/Ustedes tientan tentaron tentaban tentarán tienten
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