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1. verb(to try: He attempted to reach the dying man, but did not succeed; He did not attempt the last question in the exam.) intentar, tratar de
2. noun1) (a try: They failed in their attempt to climb the Everest; She made no attempt to run away.) tentativa, intento2) (an attack: They made an attempt on his life but he survived.) atentadoattempt1 n intento / tentativaattempt2 vb intentartr[ə'tempt]1 (try) intento, tentativa1 intentar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto make an attempt on somebody's life atentar contra la vida de alguienattempt [ə'tɛmpt] vt: intentar, tratar deattempt n: intento m, tentativa fn.• atentado s.m.• conato s.m.• intento s.m.• tentativa s.f.v.• atentar v.• atentar contra v.• intentar v.• tentar v.
I ə'tempta) ( try)to attempt to + inf/-ing — tratar de or intentar + inf
b) ( have a try at) \<\<student\>\> \<\<exam question\>\> intentar responder a (frml)c) attempted past pattempted suicide — intento m de suicidio
attempted murder/robbery — tentativa f de asesinato/robo
attempted coup — intentona f golpista
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noun intento mat o (esp AmE) on the first attempt — a la primera (tentativa), al primer intento
[ǝ'tempt]attempt to + inf: in my attempt to avoid the other car... al tratar de or intentar esquivar el otro coche...; they made no attempt to be polite no hicieron ningún esfuerzo para ser corteses; attempt at something/-ing: I made an attempt at conversation traté de or intenté entablar conversación; she had another attempt at the record volvió a intentar batir el récord; to make an attempt on somebody's life — atentar contra la vida de alguien
1. N1) (=try) intento mafter several attempts they gave up — tras varios intentos or varias tentativas, se dieron por vencidos
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we had to give up the attempt — tuvimos que renunciar a la empresa•
it was a good attempt — fue un esfuerzo digno de alabanza•
to make an attempt to do sth — hacer una tentativa de hacer algo, intentar hacer algo2) (=attack) atentado m•
to make an attempt on sb's life — atentar contra la vida de algn2. VT1) [+ task] intentar realizar; [+ exam question] intentar responder ato attempt a reply — intentar responder, tratar de responder
2) (=try)to attempt to do sth — tratar de or intentar or (esp LAm) procurar hacer algo
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I [ə'tempt]a) ( try)to attempt to + inf/-ing — tratar de or intentar + inf
b) ( have a try at) \<\<student\>\> \<\<exam question\>\> intentar responder a (frml)c) attempted past pattempted suicide — intento m de suicidio
attempted murder/robbery — tentativa f de asesinato/robo
attempted coup — intentona f golpista
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noun intento mat o (esp AmE) on the first attempt — a la primera (tentativa), al primer intento
attempt to + inf: in my attempt to avoid the other car... al tratar de or intentar esquivar el otro coche...; they made no attempt to be polite no hicieron ningún esfuerzo para ser corteses; attempt at something/-ing: I made an attempt at conversation traté de or intenté entablar conversación; she had another attempt at the record volvió a intentar batir el récord; to make an attempt on somebody's life — atentar contra la vida de alguien
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2 suicide
1) (the/an act of killing oneself deliberately: She committed suicide; an increasing number of suicides.) suicidio2) (a person who kills himself deliberately.) suicida•- suicidal- suicidally
suicide n suicidiotr['sʊːɪsaɪd]1 (act) suicidio2 (person) suicida nombre masulino o femenino3 figurative use suicidio\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto commit suicide suicidarsesuicide ['su:ə.saɪd] n1) : suicidio m (acto)2) : suicida mf (persona)n.• suicida s.f.• suicidio s.m.'suːəsaɪd, 'suːɪsaɪd, 'sjuː-a) u c ( act) suicidio mto commit suicide — suicidarse; (before n) <attempt, pact> de suicidio; <mission, bombing> suicida
suicide note — carta f de despedida de un suicida
b) c ( person) (liter) suicida mf['suːɪsaɪd]1. N1) (=act) suicidio mit would be suicide to do that — (lit, fig) sería suicida hacer eso
2) (=person) suicida mf2.CPDsuicide attack N — atentado m suicida
suicide attempt N — intento m de suicidio
suicide bomber N — terrorista mf suicida
suicide bombing N — bombardeo m suicida
suicide mission N — misión f suicida
suicide note N — carta en que se explica el motivo del suicidio
suicide pact N — pacto m suicida
suicide rate N — índice m de suicidios
suicide squad N — comando m suicida
* * *['suːəsaɪd, 'suːɪsaɪd, 'sjuː-]a) u c ( act) suicidio mto commit suicide — suicidarse; (before n) <attempt, pact> de suicidio; <mission, bombing> suicida
suicide note — carta f de despedida de un suicida
b) c ( person) (liter) suicida mf
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