tentar

Borrowed from Spanish tentar.

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾ/ [ten̪ˈtaɾ]
• Hyphenation: ten‧tar

tentár (plural terentar, Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜍ᜔)

1. to tempt

   Synonym: pasagad

2. to seduce

   Synonym: sugot

• atentar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tentar, from Latin temptāre

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾ/ [t̪en̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ten‧tar

tentar (first-person singular present tento, first-person singular preterite tentei, past participle tentado)

1. to tempt

   Ben sabe o diaño a quen tenta, e a besta a quen derruba (proverb) ― The devil well knows who he is tempting, and the horse who he unseats

2. to attempt
3. to feel, touch
4. to fumble; to grope

   Synonyms: apalpar, apalparuxar, atoar, atanxer

   • 1884, O Tío Marcos da Portela, II, 23:

     O zapateiro escomenzou a mirá-lo fito a fito, mirou dempois canto tiña ó seu redor, atentouse a roupa, levou a mau á testa como si nela tivese unha lousa de promo, e quedouse atontecido, non atinando a darse conta do que lle pasaba. O guardián atallando aquel noxoso silencio, escramou con voz grave como a do xuez cando pergunta a un reo: — Doime o corazón ó vé-lo, irmao, nese estado; pola honra da crase a que pertenece debera ser máis parco na bebida.

     The shoemaker stared at him, high and low; he later examined his surroundings, fumbled his clothes, raised his hand to the forehead, as if he had a slab of lead there, and then stood stunned, incapable of finding what was happening to him. The warder, breaking that awkward silence, exclaimed with a deep voice, as a judge questioning a defendant: "It breaks my heart to see you like that, brother. For the honour of the class you belong to, you should be more sparing with drinks."

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tentar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English tempt, French tenter, Italian tentare, Spanish tentar.

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtar/

tentar (present tense atentas, past tense atentis, future tense atentos, imperative atentez, conditional atentus)

1. (transitive) to tempt

tentar

1. to attempt
2. to tempt

From Old Galician-Portuguese tentar, from Latin temptāre.

• Hyphenation: ten‧tar

tentar (first-person singular present tento, first-person singular preterite tentei, past participle tentado)

1. to try, go for, attempt
2. to tease, tempt
3. to dare

   Synonym: ousar

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tentar.

• atentar

From Latin temptāre.

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾ/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ten‧tar

tentar (first-person singular present tiento, first-person singular preterite tenté, past participle tentado)

1. to tempt
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 122:

     A quien dice mil veces «Jesús» el día de la Exaltación de la Cruz, no le tienta el Demonio a la hora de la muerte.

     Whoever says “Jesus” a thousand times on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross the devil does not tempt at the hour of death.

2. to touch

   Synonym: tocar

• “tentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

tentar

1. present indicative of tenta

• ratten, tanter