tried
Donde escribiste que no intentara contactarme contigo.
Where you wrote that I shouldn't try to contact you.
— PK (2014)
Ella no podía complacerlo por más que intentara.
She couldn't please him no matter how hard she tried.
Sí, es como si intentara jugar un juego de gallinas conmigo.
Yes, it's like he's trying to play a game of chicken with me.
— Locamente millonarios (2018)
Lo mire por donde lo mire, no tiene sentido que yo intentara matar a mi marido.
However you look at it, it makes no sense that I would try to kill my husband.
— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)
Eso fue antes de que aquella gente intentara hundir mi bote.
That was before those people tried to sink my boat.
Quiero romper, pero sé que no podría aunque lo intentara.
I want to break up, but I know I couldn’t even if I tried.
Como si, con lo que le digo, solo intentara justificarme.
As if, with what I'm telling him, I were only trying to justify myself.
— Zárójelentés (2020)
La enfermera le recomendó que intentara caminar.
The nurse recommended that she try walking.