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eu tentava

was trying

→ tentar
tent try + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #19,154
was trying Imperfect past tense (ongoing or repeated action in the past).
PO: Eu tentava ligar para você, mas ninguém atendia.
EN: I was trying to call you, but nobody answered.
Conjugation of tentar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First tentava —
Third tentava —

Ele tentava ser a mãe.

He was trying to be the mother.

— Psicose (1960)

Tentava animá-la.

I was trying to cheer her up.

— Pacto de Sangue (1944)

Eu tentava ser legal com a minha cunhada.

I was trying to be nice to my sister-in-law.

— देवदास (2002)

Há mais de um ano eu tentava fechar o acordo.

I had been trying to close the deal for over a year.

— Um Contratempo (2017)

Tom tentava manter as crianças quietas.

Tom was trying to keep the children quiet.

Uma assistente tentava me dar um sinal, como se eu tivesse esquecido minha fala.

An assistant was trying to give me a signal, as if I had forgotten my lines.

— Ele Está de Volta (2015)

O pai tentava corrigir o seu erro.

The father was trying to correct his mistake.

Tom tentava me convencer de fazer aquilo.

Tom was trying to convince me to do it.

Tom morreu justamente enquanto tentava dizer algo a Maria.

Tom died just as he was trying to say something to Maria.

O Tom tentava falar mas não conseguia.

Tom tried to speak, but he couldn't.

Ele tentava fazer comigo coisas que aprendia com elas.

He tried to do things with me that he learned from them.

— E Sua Mãe Também (2001)

Tom tentava me convencer de fazê-lo.

Tom was trying to convince me to do it.

Ela gritava e tentava arranhar as pessoas.

She was screaming and trying to scratch people.

— O Lamento (2016)

Ela tentava.

She was trying.

Eu tentava escolher os bons, quando era possível.

I tried to choose the good ones, whenever possible.

— Uma Mulher Alta (2019)

Eu precisei de um tempo para entender o que ela tentava me dizer.

I needed some time to understand what she was trying to tell me.