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trataba de

was trying to

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phrase Uncommon #15,502
was trying to Used for an ongoing or repeated attempt in the past.
SP: Trataba de abrir la puerta.
EN: I was trying to open the door.

Primero, trataba de largarme de ahí.

First, I tried to get out of there.

Ella a veces trataba de hablarle acerca de India.

She sometimes tried to talk to him about India.

Pienso que se trataba de un hombre importante.

I think he was an important man.

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

El grupo trataba de resolver problemas sociales.

The group was trying to solve social problems.

Trataba de volver.

I was trying to go back.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

Sólo trataba de averiguar dónde compró ese vestido.

I was just trying to find out where she bought that dress.

Creo que trataba de que volvieras a casa.

I think he was trying to get you to come home.

— Equipo Demolición (2026)

Ella trataba de proteger a su hijo de la realidad.

She was trying to protect her son from reality.

En realidad, solo se trataba de un rumor.

Actually, it was just a rumor.

Y al principio se trataba de Luke y yo.

And in the beginning it was just Luke and me.

— Eternidad (2025)

¿Se trataba de eso?

Was that what it was about?

— Zárójelentés (2020)

Trataba de acordarme de un pueblo, no de la isla.

I was trying to remember a town, not the island.

Me tomó un poco de tiempo entender lo que ella trataba de decir.

It took me a little while to understand what she was trying to say.

Manfredi me había dicho que se trataba de una cantidad de dinero.

Manfredi had told me that it involved a sum of money.

— Roma città aperta (1945)

¿Entendiste lo que Tom trataba de decir?

Did you understand what Tom was trying to say?

Dudo que Tom entendiera lo que trataba de decirle.

I doubt Tom understood what I was trying to tell him.

Tom solo trataba de ayudar.

Tom was just trying to help.

Tom no podía hacer que Mary entendiera lo que trataba de decir.

Tom couldn't get Mary to understand what he was trying to say.

Sí, se trataba de nosotros.

Yes, it was about us.

— Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

¿Se trataba de tu trabajo?

Was it about your job?

— TRON: Ares (2025)

Trataba de no mirar.

I tried not to look.

Sólo trataba de animarla.

I was just trying to cheer her up.

— Mi pobre angelito (1990)

Pero como siempre sucede, se trataba de una verdad incompleta.

But as always happens, it was an incomplete truth.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

No se trataba de eso.

That wasn't what it was about.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Sabía que se trataba de Tom.

I knew it was Tom.

Tom solo trataba de ser divertido.

Tom was just trying to be funny.

Tom no pudo comprender qué trataba de decir Mary.

Tom couldn't understand what Mary was trying to say.