tentar

Interlingua

Verb

tentar

  1. to attempt
  2. to tempt

Interlingue

Verb

tentar

  1. to tempt

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tentar, from Latin temptāre, present active infinitive of temptō.

Pronunciation

Verb

tentar (first-person singular present indicative tento, past participle tentado)

  1. to try, to go for, to attempt
  2. to tease
  3. to dare

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tentar.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin temptāre, present active infinitive of temptō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tenˈtaɾ/

Verb

tentar (first-person singular present tiento, first-person singular preterite tenté, past participle tentado)

  1. to tempt
  2. to touch

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of tentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive tentar
gerund tentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tentado tentada
plural tentados tentadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tiento tientastú
tentásvos		 tienta tentamos tentáis tientan
imperfect tentaba tentabas tentaba tentábamos tentabais tentaban
preterite tenté tentaste tentó tentamos tentasteis tentaron
future tentaré tentarás tentará tentaremos tentaréis tentarán
conditional tentaría tentarías tentaría tentaríamos tentaríais tentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tiente tientestú
tentésvos2		 tiente tentemos tentéis tienten
imperfect
(ra)		 tentara tentaras tentara tentáramos tentarais tentaran
imperfect
(se)		 tentase tentases tentase tentásemos tentaseis tentasen
future1 tentare tentares tentare tentáremos tentareis tentaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative tientatú
tentávos		 tiente tentemos tentad tienten
negative no tientes no tiente no tentemos no tentéis no tienten
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Swedish

Verb

tentar

  1. present tense of tenta.
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