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When she pictured him, she tried to see him without the smirking look on his face but couldn't.
Intentó imaginárselo sin aquella petulante mirada en el rostro, pero no lo logró.
Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio Final
Juicio Final
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006
Just Cause
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
My mother smoothed my father’s hair back and tried to catch his eye.
Mi madre alisó el pelo de mi padre y trató de atraer su mirada.
Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi Cielo
Desde Mi Cielo
Sebold, Alice
© 2002 por Alice Sebold
© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria
© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.
The Lovely Bones
Sebold, Alice
© 2002 by Alice Sebold
He moaned and whimpered and tried unsuccessfully to take refuge in his earliest childhood memories.
Gemía y lanzaba ayes lastimeros y procuraba sin éxito refugiarse en los recuerdos de su primera infancia.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
I don't know if he even tried.
Tampoco sé si lo intentó siquiera.
Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio Final
Juicio Final
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006
Just Cause
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
He tried again, but the warrior cut him off.
Lo intentó otra vez, pero el guerrero lo cortó.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
Cormia waited until her sister left, then tried to give him something to drink.
Cormia esperó hasta que su hermana se marchó, y luego intentó darle algo de beber.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
Someone had tried to brighten it up by painting a mural of children playing along the side of one of the buildings but it was scant redemption.
Alguien había tratado de alegrarlo a base de pintar un mural de niños jugando a lo largo de uno de los edificios, pero no bastaba para lograr tal propósito.
Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama Rota
La Rama Rota
Kellerman, Jonathan
When The Bough Breaks
Kellerman, Jonathan
© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
Spanish could slide off his skin when he wanted it to and not leave a trace. It wasn't the same with English, although he'd tried that too.
Las palabras en español podían resbalarle por la piel, cuando así se lo proponía, y no dejarle la más mínima huella, algo que no sucedía, aunque también lo había intentado, con las palabras inglesas.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
Fate turned around and tried to find the people who were calling him.
Fate se volvió y trató de localizar a quienes lo llamaban.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
He struggled to his feet and tried to lift the long bundle.
-Se levantó penosamente y trató de alzar el largo bulto.
Simmons, Dan / Phases of GravitySimmons, Dan / Fases de Gravedad
Fases de Gravedad
Simmons, Dan
© 1991 Ediciones В S.A.
© 1989 by Dan Simmons
Phases of Gravity
Simmons, Dan
© 1989, 2001 by Dan Simmons
He closed his eyes and tried to remember what the man who'd cornered him had looked like.
Cerró los ojos y trató de recordar el aspecto de aquel hombre que lo había arrinconado.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
Matthew Cowart took a deep breath and tried to digest the story.
Cowart respiró hondo y trató de asimilar aquello.
Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio Final
Juicio Final
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006
Just Cause
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
The women tried to make them nice but all they managed to do with their flowers and scarves was turn the sad, impersonal rooms into sad, cheap, whorehouse rooms.
Las mujeres se esmeraban en arreglarlos pero sólo conseguían convertir, con flores y pañuelos, los tristes cuartos despersonalizados en tristes cuartos de prostíbulos baratos.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
So I tried not to show my feelings (which were confused, to say the least) and kept looking.
Así que traté de no exteriorizar mis sentimientos (que, por lo menos, eran confusos) y seguí mirando.
The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajes
Los detectives salvajes
Bolano, Roberto
e savage detectives
The savage detective
© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño
© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
He tried to calm himself, but his anger was a pit bull on a paper chain.
Intentó calmarse, pero su cólera era como un pitbull con una cadena de papel.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006

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try on
probarse
try out
ensayar
try on
probar
try to
pretender
try the weight of
sopesar
try to achieve
buscar
try hard
esforzar
try hard
esforzarse

Word forms

try

verb
Basic forms
Pasttried
Imperativetry
Present Participle (Participle I)trying
Past Participle (Participle II)tried
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I trywe try
you tryyou try
he/she/it triesthey try
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tryingwe are trying
you are tryingyou are trying
he/she/it is tryingthey are trying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have triedwe have tried
you have triedyou have tried
he/she/it has triedthey have tried
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tryingwe have been trying
you have been tryingyou have been trying
he/she/it has been tryingthey have been trying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I triedwe tried
you triedyou tried
he/she/it triedthey tried
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tryingwe were trying
you were tryingyou were trying
he/she/it was tryingthey were trying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had triedwe had tried
you had triedyou had tried
he/she/it had triedthey had tried
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tryingwe had been trying
you had been tryingyou had been trying
he/she/it had been tryingthey had been trying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will trywe shall/will try
you will tryyou will try
he/she/it will trythey will try
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tryingwe shall/will be trying
you will be tryingyou will be trying
he/she/it will be tryingthey will be trying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have triedwe shall/will have tried
you will have triedyou will have tried
he/she/it will have triedthey will have tried
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tryingwe shall/will have been trying
you will have been tryingyou will have been trying
he/she/it will have been tryingthey will have been trying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would trywe should/would try
you would tryyou would try
he/she/it would trythey would try
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tryingwe should/would be trying
you would be tryingyou would be trying
he/she/it would be tryingthey would be trying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have triedwe should/would have tried
you would have triedyou would have tried
he/she/it would have triedthey would have tried
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tryingwe should/would have been trying
you would have been tryingyou would have been trying
he/she/it would have been tryingthey would have been trying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am triedwe are tried
you are triedyou are tried
he/she/it is triedthey are tried
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being triedwe are being tried
you are being triedyou are being tried
he/she/it is being triedthey are being tried
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been triedwe have been tried
you have been triedyou have been tried
he/she/it has been triedthey have been tried
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was triedwe were tried
you were triedyou were tried
he/she/it was triedthey were tried
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being triedwe were being tried
you were being triedyou were being tried
he/she/it was being triedthey were being tried
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been triedwe had been tried
you had been triedyou had been tried
he/she/it had been triedthey had been tried
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be triedwe shall/will be tried
you will be triedyou will be tried
he/she/it will be triedthey will be tried
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been triedwe shall/will have been tried
you will have been triedyou will have been tried
he/she/it will have been triedthey will have been tried