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tentar
tentar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese tentar, from Latin temptāre, present active infinitive of temptō.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tẽˈtaɾ/
Verb
tentar (first-person singular present indicative tento, past participle tentado)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tentar.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb 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)
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
| 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 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 usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | tiente | tientes | tiente | tentemos | tentéis | tienten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
tentara | tentaras | tentara | tentáramos | tentarais | tentaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
tentase | tentases | tentase | tentásemos | tentaseis | tentasen | |
| future | 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 | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_e-ie)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation e-ie)</a>