Intentar conjugation chart
Intentar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you try | |
| vos | you try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she tries | |
| nosotros | we try | |
| vosotros | you all try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I tried | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you tried | |
| vos | you tried | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she tried | |
| nosotros | we tried | |
| vosotros | you all tried | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they tried |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to try | |
| vos | you used to try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to try | |
| nosotros | we used to try | |
| vosotros | you all used to try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will try | |
| vos | you will try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will try | |
| nosotros | we will try | |
| vosotros | you all will try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would try | |
| vos | you would try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would try | |
| nosotros | we would try | |
| vosotros | you all would try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you try | |
| vos | that you try | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she try | |
| nosotros | that we try | |
| vosotros | that you all try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Intentar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I tried | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you tried | |
| vos | if you tried | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she tried | |
| nosotros | if we tried | |
| vosotros | if you all tried | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they tried |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (intentase), more common in writing.
Intentar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | try! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | try! | |
| usted | try! | |
| nosotros | let's try! | |
| vosotros | try! | |
| ustedes | try! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: intenta. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (intente, intentemos, intenten).
Intentar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't try! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't try! | |
| usted | don't try! | |
| nosotros | let's not try! | |
| vosotros | don't try! | |
| ustedes | don't try! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + intentes, intente…
Always the verb haber + the past participle intentado, which never changes.
Intentar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he intentado |
|---|---|
| tú | has intentado |
| vos | has intentado |
| él, ella, usted | ha intentado |
| nosotros | hemos intentado |
| vosotros | habéis intentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han intentado |
Intentar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había intentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías intentado |
| vos | habías intentado |
| él, ella, usted | había intentado |
| nosotros | habíamos intentado |
| vosotros | habíais intentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían intentado |
Intentar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré intentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás intentado |
| vos | habrás intentado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá intentado |
| nosotros | habremos intentado |
| vosotros | habréis intentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán intentado |
Intentar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría intentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías intentado |
| vos | habrías intentado |
| él, ella, usted | habría intentado |
| nosotros | habríamos intentado |
| vosotros | habríais intentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían intentado |
Intentar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya intentado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas intentado |
| vos | hayas intentado |
| él, ella, usted | haya intentado |
| nosotros | hayamos intentado |
| vosotros | hayáis intentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan intentado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Intentar means “to try,” not “to intend” (that's tener la intención de). It goes straight to the infinitive: intento hablar todos los días.
Examples with intentar
Intento hablar español todos los días.
I try to speak Spanish every day.
Intenté llamarte.
I tried to call you.
Intentamos de nuevo.
We tried again.
Practice intentar
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