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ils tentent

try, attempt

→ tenter
tent to try, to attempt + ent 3rd-person plural present ending
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #41,601
try, attempt
FR: Ils tentent de réparer la voiture.
EN: They are trying to repair the car.
Conjugation of tenter
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First tente tentons
Second — tentez
Third tente tentent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First tente —
Third tente tentent

Vite, dépêchez-vous avant qu'ils ne tentent quelque chose !

Quick, hurry before they try something!

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

Les participants à la séance tentent d'entrer en contact avec les morts.

The participants in the séance are trying to contact the dead.

Tous ceux qui tentent de le passer y restent.

Everyone who tries to pass it stays there.

De nombreux réfugiés tentent de rejoindre l'Europe.

Many refugees are trying to reach Europe.

Je me souviens d'un groupe d'enfants, qui tentent de me le prendre.

I remember a group of children trying to take it from me.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Ils tentent d'infecter d'autres hôtes par tous les moyens.

They try to infect other hosts by any means necessary.

— Cold Storage (2026)

Ils tentent de le sauver.

They're trying to save him.

— Matrix (1999)