atinar

La visión me dejó perplejo, y no atinaba a comprender.	But I was appalled at the vision, which I could not understand.
Oh. Bueno, solo pensé que le atinaba. ¿Sabe?	Well, I just thought I'd throw it out, you know.
Por cada dos botones que conseguía desabrochar yo solamente atinaba a abotonarme uno.	For every two buttons she succeeded to open I only managed to button again just one.
En su lugar, por razones que no atinaba a suponer, el público ante ella estallaba de repente en carcajadas en los momentos más inoportunos de su charla.	Instead, for reasons she couldn't surmise, the crowd before her suddenly broke into laughter at inappropriate moments during her talk.
Le dije a uno de los hombres que estaba perdida, hambrienta, cansada y que no atinaba a encontrar el camino de vuelta a casa.	I told one of the men that I was lost, hungry, tired and could not seem to get the right directions to get home.
Fueron años de penurias, pues no atinaba a comprender conceptos como Maya, Karma o Brahman, y menos aún a experimentar las maravillas que el Vedanta enseña.	They were years of hardship, as I did not succeed in understanding concepts such as Maya, Karma, or Brahman, let alone experience the wonders taught in the Vedanta.
Al finalizar la sesión había que tenderse en el suelo y yo solo atinaba a decir no podre hacerlo porque no me puedo agachar.	At the end of the session, I was supposed to lie down but I could only say that I was unable to do so as I was unable to bend down.
La visión me dejó perplejo, y no atinaba a comprender.	I remained frightened because of the vision and did not understand it.