los dos intentamos coger el arma

we both tried to grab the weapon

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we both tried to grab the weapon Literally, “the two of us tried to grab the weapon.” The phrase uses intentamos because the speaker is one of the two people. Coger means “to grab” or “to take”; in some Latin American countries, it can also have a vulgar sexual meaning, so tomar or agarrar may be preferred there for “take” or “grab.”

SP: Cuando vimos el peligro, los dos intentamos coger el arma.

EN: When we saw the danger, we both tried to grab the weapon.

Oh, sí, los dos intentamos coger el arma, coger el arma.

Oh, yes, we both tried to grab the gun, grab the gun.

— Chicago (2002)

Oh, sí, los dos intentamos coger el arma, el arma.

Oh, yes, we both tried to grab the weapon, the weapon.

— Chicago (2002)

Y los dos intentamos coger el arma.

And we both tried to grab the weapon.

— Chicago (2002)

Oh, sí, los dos intentamos coger el arma, el arma, el arma.

Oh, yes, we both tried to grab the gun, the gun, the gun.

— Chicago (2002)

Y entonces los dos intentamos coger el arma.

And then we both tried to grab the gun.

— Chicago (2002)