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English

1. 🔊 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
   “made an effort to cover all the reading material”
2. 🔊 melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
   “try the yak butter”
3. 🔊 test the limits of
   “You are trying my patience!”
4. 🔊 give pain or trouble to
   “I've been sorely tried by these students”
5. 🔊 make an effort or attempt
   “He tried to shake off his fears”
6. 🔊 put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
   “Try on this sweater to see how it looks”
7. 🔊 take a sample of
   “Try these new crackers”
8. 🔊 examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
   “The jury had heard all the evidence”
9. 🔊 put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
   “The football star was tried for the murder of his wife”
10. 🔊 put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
    “This approach has been tried with good results”

Spanish

1. 🔊 cala try, attempt
2. 🔊 ensayo try, attempt, assay
3. 🔊 procurar to try, to attempt, to endeavor
4. 🔊 tratar to try, to seek, to attempt, to strive, to endeavor
5. 🔊 probar to try, to try out, to sample, to test out, to give a go, to have a go
6. 🔊 intentar to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put forth effort in so doing

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