English-Spanish translations for try

• intentar
  Ahora permítanme intentar responder a ellas. Let me try to respond to them.
  Debemos intentar resolver esto. We should try to deal with that.
  Intentaré ser lo más breve posible. I will try to be reasonably brief.
• probar
  ¿Por qué no probar la regla de oro? Why not try out the golden rule?
  Tiene dos, ¿puede probar con la otra? You have two, could you try the other one.
  Sólo hay una forma de proceder: probar su culpabilidad o liberarlos. There is only one way to go: try them or release them.
• intento
  Estoy de acuerdo e intento hacerlo.I agree. I am trying to do it.
  Yo también intento no hacerlo. I also try not to do that myself.
  Y eso es lo que intento hacer aquí. That is also what I am trying to achieve here.
• prueba
  Sin embargo, la Comisión intenta imponer un sistema que todavía debe ponerse a prueba. The Commission, however, is trying to impose a system which has yet to be tried out.
  Señor Presidente, estoy poniendo a prueba nuestro nuevo Reglamento por el cual podemos utilizar la tarjeta azul. Mr President, I am trying out the new rule we have so that we can use our blue paper.
  La prohibición de las pruebas nucleares goza de un gran crédito a nivel internacional. There is a long history of trying to ban nuclear testing, stretching back to the 1950s.
• tratar
  Debemos tratar de evitar la conciliación. We must try to avoid conciliation.
  Trataré de explicar lo que quiero decir. I shall try to explain what I mean.
  Ahora hay que tratar de recuperar esa confianza. We must now try to regain that trust.
• ensayo
• esforzarse
  Es evidente que la Comisión Europea no debe dejar de esforzarse. Obviously the European Commission must keep trying.
  Los Estados miembros tienen que esforzarse por hacer más para integrar a los refugiados en la sociedad. Member States must try to do more to integrate refugees into society.
  No han cometido delito alguno, aparte de esforzarse por ayudar a Afganistán y al pueblo afgano. They have committed no crime apart from trying to help Afghanistan and the Afghan people.
• juzgar
  Hacer que todos los desplazados internos vuelvan a casa y juzgar a los criminales de guerra deben ser ahora las prioridades del gobierno. Returning the IDPs home and trying the war criminals must now be the government's priority.
  Es hora de considerar la utilización de una estructura judicial internacional específicamente para juzgar a terroristas. The time has come to consider an international judicial structure specifically for trying terrorists.
  La mayoría italiana, de hecho, pide al Tribunal Constitucional que decida qué tribunal debe juzgar al señor Berlusconi. The Italian majority, in fact, called on the Constitutional Court to decide which court should try Mr Berlusconi.
• pretender
  Resulta vano pretender definir el principio de la vida. It is pointless to try to define the point at which life begins.
  No deberíamos pretender cuestionar esta norma. We should not try to call into question this piece of legislation.
• tentativa
• tratar de
  Debemos tratar de evitar la conciliación. We must try to avoid conciliation.
  Sin embargo, debemos tratar de hacerlo. However, we should nevertheless try to do so.
  Debemos tratar de encontrar en este contexto la solución óptima. We must try to find the best solution here.
• try

Definition of try

• To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive
• To divide; to separate
• To test, to work out
• To experiment, to strive
• To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind
• To want
• An attempt
• An act of tasting or sampling
• A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football
• A screen, or sieve, for grain
• a field goal or extra point
• Fine, excellent

Examples

• I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t
• Ill come to dinner soon. Im trying to beat this level first
• to try out the wild corn from the good
• I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade
• I shall try my skills on this
• You are trying my patience
• Dont fucking try me
• Try this—you’ll love it
• to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a persons opinions
• He was tried and executed
• You are trying too hard
• How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?
• to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
• The light tries his eyes
• Repeated failures try ones patience
• I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.
• I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it
• I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it
• Today I scored my first try

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