we try, we tried
Tentamos fazer o melhor que podíamos.
We tried to do the best we could.
Tentamos de tudo, mas nenhuma pista, nenhum traço.
We tried everything, but there’s no clue, no trace.
— O Orfanato (2007)
We tried.
Tentamos ajudá-lo de todas as formas.
We tried to help him in every way we could.