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tentar

/tenˈtaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to tempt
  2. to touch
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Verb forms

Infinitive
tentar
Gerund
tentando
Past participle
tentado
Present (yo)
tiento
Preterite (yo)
tenté

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

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El apetitoso olor que despedía el ave puesta al fuego tentó a la Pepa, que, no pudiendo resistir sus deseos, se comió un tuto.
Cuentos populares en Chile, p. 85 · C1
Vuelve, tienta, discurre,
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 4 · C1
Que si el diablo, tentando sus pasiones,
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 51 · C1
Tentado estuvo por fingir un tropezón y estrellar aquella máquina contra el suelo; pero no lo hizo, confiado en su fecunda inventiva.
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 42 · C1

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