La Palabra Del Dia: "intentar"
intentar ( een-tehn-tahr' )
verb ( to attempt, to try )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
Examples:
1. Estoy intentando aprender francés, pero es difícil.
I am trying to learn French, but it's hard.
2. Intenté llamarte, pero no contestaste tu teléfono.
I tried to call you, but you didn't answer your phone.
13 Answers
Nada se pierde con intentar.
There is no harm in trying.
No puedes ganar si no intentas algo.
You can't win if you don't try something.
I tried to convince my friend that carbs are much worse than fat, but he didn't believe me.
He intentado convencer a mi amigo que los carbohidratos son mucho peores que la grasa, pero no me creyó.
Siempre intento ayudarles a otros porque ser un humano requiere que lo haga.
I always try to help others because being human requires that I do
Intentaré hacer mi tarea cada dia.
I will try to do my homework every day.
Siempre intento comportarme bien, pero a veces, como soy ser humano, con todas las imperfecciones de un ser humano, digo algo que me arrepiento de haber dicho más tarde.
I always try to be well behaved, but at times, as I am human, with all the perfections of a human being, I say something that I regret having said later.
Con frecuencia cuándo cuando intento estudiar español, tengo muchas distracciónes distracciones.
Often when I try to study Spanish I have many distractions.
Los errores son la prueba que has estado intentando. (Al menos eso es lo que me digo a mí cuando parece que nunca voy a aprender español.)
Ayer tuve que ir al médico e intentar explicarle que tengo una infección del tracto orinario en español. Fue un poco difícil porque me faltó el vocabulario de orina turbia.
Yesterday I had to go to the doctor's and try to expla
in to the doctor in Spanish, that I have a urinary tract infection. It was very hard because I didn't know how to say ' cloudy urine'.
Todos de nosotros en SpanishDict intentamos escribir sin errores, pero a veces esos errores suceden por sí mismos!
All of us on SpanishDict try to write without errors, but ¡ sometimes those errors just happen by themselves!
El que intenta sabe lo que puede lograr y lo que es capaz de hacer por algo que quiere.
The one who tries knows what it needs to accomplish it and it's capable to reach his or her goals or needs.
I'm trying to speak Spanish more fluently now that I want to win the Fulbright scholarship.
Estoy intentado hablar español con más fluidez ya que quiero recibir la Beca Fulbright.
Voy a intentar de aprender como hablar español con fluidez.
I am going to try to learn how to speak Spanish fluently.
