tentar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English tempt, French tenter, Italian tentare, Spanish tentar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtar/

Verb

tentar (present tense atentas, past tense atentis, future tense atentos, imperative atentez, conditional atentus)

1. (transitive) to tempt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tentar		tentir		tentor
tense		tentas		tentis		tentos
conditional		tentus
imperative		tentez
adjective active participle		tentanta		tentinta		tentonta
adverbial active participle		tentante		tentinte		tentonte
nominal active participle	singular	tentanto		tentinto		tentonto
	plural	tentanti		tentinti		tentonti
adjective passive participle		tentata		tentita		tentota
adverbial passive participle		tentate		tentite		tentote
nominal passive participle	singular	tentato		tentito		tentoto
	plural	tentati		tentiti		tentoti

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Interlingua

Verb

tentar

1. to attempt
2. to tempt

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Interlingue

Verb

tentar

1. to tempt

Related terms

• tentator
• tentation

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tentar, from Latin temptō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.ˈtaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.ˈta(ʁ)/

Verb

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

1. to try, go for, attempt
2. to tease
3. to dare
4. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of tentar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of tentar
6. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of tentar
7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of tentar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb tentar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tentar
Personal	tentar	tentares	tentar	tentarmos	tentardes	tentarem
Gerund
	tentando
Past participle
Masculine	tentado			tentados
Feminine	tentada			tentadas
Indicative
Present	tento	tentas	tenta	tentamos	tentais	tentam
Imperfect	tentava	tentavas	tentava	tentávamos	tentáveis	tentavam
Preterite	tentei	tentaste	tentou	tentamos tentámos	tentastes	tentaram
Pluperfect	tentara	tentaras	tentara	tentáramos	tentáreis	tentaram
Future	tentarei	tentarás	tentará	tentaremos	tentareis	tentarão
Conditional
	tentaria	tentarias	tentaria	tentaríamos	tentaríeis	tentariam
Subjunctive
Present	tente	tentes	tente	tentemos	tenteis	tentem
Imperfect	tentasse	tentasses	tentasse	tentássemos	tentásseis	tentassem
Future	tentar	tentares	tentar	tentarmos	tentardes	tentarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	tenta	tente	tentemos	tentai	tentem
Negative (não)	-	tentes	tente	tentemos	tenteis	tentem

Quotations

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

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• atentar

Etymology

From Latin temptāre, present active infinitive of temptō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾ/, [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation e-ie)

    Selected combined forms of tentar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tentar
	dative	tentarme	tentarte	tentarle, tentarse	tentarnos	tentaros	tentarles, tentarse
	accusative	tentarme	tentarte	tentarlo, tentarla, tentarse	tentarnos	tentaros	tentarlos, tentarlas, tentarse
with gerund tentando
	dative	tentándome	tentándote	tentándole, tentándose	tentándonos	tentándoos	tentándoles, tentándose
	accusative	tentándome	tentándote	tentándolo, tentándola, tentándose	tentándonos	tentándoos	tentándolos, tentándolas, tentándose
with informal second-person singular imperative tienta
	dative	tiéntame	tiéntate	tiéntale	tiéntanos	not used	tiéntales
	accusative	tiéntame	tiéntate	tiéntalo, tiéntala	tiéntanos	not used	tiéntalos, tiéntalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tiente
	dative	tiénteme	not used	tiéntele, tiéntese	tiéntenos	not used	tiénteles
	accusative	tiénteme	not used	tiéntelo, tiéntela, tiéntese	tiéntenos	not used	tiéntelos, tiéntelas
with first-person plural imperative tentemos
	dative	not used	tentémoste	tentémosle	tentémonos	tentémoos	tentémosles
	accusative	not used	tentémoste	tentémoslo, tentémosla	tentémonos	tentémoos	tentémoslos, tentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tentad
	dative	tentadme	not used	tentadle	tentadnos	tentaos	tentadles
	accusative	tentadme	not used	tentadlo, tentadla	tentadnos	tentaos	tentadlos, tentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tienten
	dative	tiéntenme	not used	tiéntenle	tiéntennos	not used	tiéntenles, tiéntense
	accusative	tiéntenme	not used	tiéntenlo, tiéntenla	tiéntennos	not used	tiéntenlos, tiéntenlas, tiéntense

Derived terms

• tentar a la suerte
• tentar al diablo

 

Related terms

• tentación
• tentador
• tienta

 

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Swedish

Verb

tentar

1. present tense of tenta.

Anagrams

• ratten, tanter