Translation of "Intentaba" in English

- Intentaba hacer las paces.
- Intentaba disculparme.

I was trying to make amends.

Intentaba olvidar.

I tried to forget.

Intentaba regresar al trabajo,

I was trying to get back to work,

intentaba entender noticias impensables,

trying to wrap my head around unthinkable news,

Yo intentaba perder tiempo.

- I was trying to kill time.
- I was looking to kill time.

Intentaba ocultar su vergüenza.

- He tried to hide his shame.
- She tried to hide her shame.

Con ella, básicamente, intentaba comprender

With her, what I was basically doing was trying to understand

Donde se intentaba, con electroshocks,

where it was intended, through electroshocks,

Mientras intentaba hacer cosas importantes.

as I was trying to get important stuff done.

Solo intentaba impresionar a Tom.

I was just trying to impress Tom.

Tom intentaba pelearse con Mary.

Tom tried to argue with Mary.

Llamaba Mao Tse Tung, intentaba hacerse

He called Mao Tse Tung, trying to become

Con los problemas que intentaba resolver.

to the problems she was trying to solve.

Eso es lo que intentaba decir.

- That's what I'm trying to say.
- That's what I was trying to say.

- Intenté ser parcial.
- Intentaba ser parcial.

I tried to be impartial.

Intentaba hacer un ejercicio llamada "el puente"

I was attempting an exercise called a "bridge":

Pero mientras intentaba cruzar el puente colapsó.

but while he was attempting a crossing the bridge collapsed.

El tiburón intentaba quitársela mientras se alejaba.

The shark tries to shake her off and is swimming away.

Nos gritaba, nos intentaba pegar, nos empujaba.

He would yell at us, try to hit us or push us.

Intentaba llamarle a ella, pero lo olvidé.

I meant to call her, but I forgot to.

Intentaba sentarme a meditar al terminar el día,

I try to sit down and meditate at the end of the day,

Y realmente, no intentaba recordar ninguno de ellos.

And I really didn’t try to remember any of it,

- Solo intentaba ayudar.
- Solo estaba tratando de ayudar.

- I was just trying to be helpful.
- I was just trying to help.

Me intentaba convencer de invertir en aquel negocio.

He was trying to convince me to invest in that business.

El otro equipo intentaba impedirle traspasar la línea.

- The other team tried to stop it crossing the line.
- The other team tried to prevent him from crossing the line.

Por mucho que intentaba, no pudo abrir la puerta.

No matter how he tried, he could not open the door.

Tom apenas podía oír lo que Mary intentaba decirle.

Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.

Que intentaba averiguar qué iba a hacer con mi vida.

And I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life.

Cuando yo era joven intentaba leer tantos libros como pudiera.

When I was young, I tried to read as many books as I could.

- Yo intentaba perder tiempo.
- Estaba tratando de matar el tiempo.

I was trying to kill time.

Era difícil entender qué era lo que Tom intentaba decir.

It was hard to figure out what Tom was trying to say.

La yegua alazana relinchaba encabritada mientras intentaba deshacerse del jinete.

- The prancing chestnut mare neighed as she tried to get rid of the rider.
- The prancing chestnut mare whinnied as she tried to get rid of the rider.

Pero había algo en su voz que intentaba decir, "estoy asustado".

but there was something in his voice that tried to say, "I'm scared."

En cuanto a mi experiencia en baños, intentaba evitar el problema

As for my experience in bathrooms, I tried to avoid the problem

En realidad intentaba explicarle las cosas a mi hijo recién nacido.

It was actually my newborn son I was trying to explain things to.

Me di cuenta de que intentaba captar la energía de esta campaña

I realized I tried to take the energy from this campaign

El cocodrilo atrapó a un ñu mientras éste intentaba cruzar el río.

The crocodile trapped the gnu as it tried to cross the river.

Necesité un poco de tiempo para entender lo que ella intentaba decirme.

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

- Intentaba llamarle a ella, pero lo olvidé.
- Pretendía llamarla, pero se me olvidó.

I meant to call her, but I forgot to.

- Tom no intentaba herirte.
- Tom no perseguía lastimarte.
- Tom no pensaba hacerte daño.

Tom didn't mean to hurt you.

Entonces canté una tonta cancioncilla sobre una hormiga que intentaba pelearse con un chicle.

Then I sang a silly song about an ant who tried to wrestle a chewing gum.

Tom sabía que era muy poco probable que Mary lograra hacer lo que intentaba hacer.

Tom knew that Mary was very unlikely to be able to do what she was trying to do.

Mary intentaba empujar las palabras hacia el otro lado de la frase para hacer caer a Tom.

Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom.

Tom se las apañó para cortarse mientras intentaba abrir una bolsa de cacahuetes con su navaja de bolsillo.

Tom managed to cut himself while trying to open a bag of peanuts with his pocketknife.

- Me estaba vendiendo la idea de invertir en aquel negocio.
- Me intentaba convencer de invertir en aquel negocio.

He was trying to convince me to invest in that business.

- Necesité un poco de tiempo para entender lo que ella intentaba decirme.
- Me tomó un poco de tiempo entender lo que ella trataba de decir.

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