intentaba
i was trying, tried
Verb intentaba
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First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of intentar.
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Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect indicative form of intentar.
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Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of intentar.
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Tom apenas podía oír lo que Mary intentaba decirle.
Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
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Por mucho que intentaba, no pudo abrir la puerta.
No matter how he tried, he could not open the door.
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Entonces canté una tonta cancioncilla sobre una hormiga que intentaba pelearse con un chicle.
Then I sang a silly song about an ant who tried to wrestle a chewing gum.
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Tom se las apañó para cortarse mientras intentaba abrir una bolsa de cacahuetes con su navaja de bolsillo.
Tom managed to cut himself while trying to open a bag of peanuts with his pocketknife.
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El cocodrilo atrapó a un ñu mientras éste intentaba cruzar el río.
The crocodile trapped a gnu as it tried to cross the river.
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Cuando yo era joven intentaba leer tantos libros como pudiera.
When I was young, I tried to read as many books as I could.
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La yegua alazana relinchaba encabritada mientras intentaba deshacerse del jinete.
The prancing chestnut mare neighed as she tried to get rid of the rider.
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Era difícil entender qué era lo que Tom intentaba decir.
It was hard to figure out what Tom was trying to say.
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Mary intentaba empujar las palabras hacia el otro lado de la frase para hacer caer a Tom.
Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom.
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Me intentaba convencer de invertir en aquel negocio.
He was trying to convince me to invest in that business.
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