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tentar

Spanish, verb/tenˈtaɾ/

tentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tempt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Usar el sentido del tacto”.

What does tentar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to tempt

  2. 2

    to touch

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Usar el sentido del tacto. 2. Explorar, examinar o reconocer por medio del sentido del tacto, sea directamente o por medio de una extensión (como un bastón o algún instrumento). 3. Provocar deseo o tentación, especialmente hacia algo que desde algún punto de vista se puede considerar reprobable. 4. Examinar o poner a prueba; probar o experimentar.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tentar

  • tiento first-person present singular
  • tenté first-person preterite singular
  • tentado participle past
  • e-ie alternation
  • tentando gerund
  • tentada feminine participle past
  • tentados masculine participle past
  • tentadas feminine participle past
  • tientas indicative informal present
  • tentás indicative informal present
  • tienta indicative present singular
  • tentamos first-person indicative plural
  • tentáis indicative plural present
  • tientan indicative plural present
  • tentaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • tentabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • tentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • tentabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tentar?

  • /tenˈtaɾ/
  • [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tentar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tentar in Spanish?

tentar appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).