To try?

Hi. Could someone please tell me if there is any difference in how to use tratar, intentar and procurar?

Permalink Reply by Pili on October 16, 2009 at 3:37am: I've looked for about definitions for these 3 verbs because personally I think that here in Spain we use them as synonyms, here you have the definitions:

Tratar:
15. intr. Procurar el logro de algún fin. Yo trato DE vivir bien.

Intentar:
1. tr. Tener ánimo de hacer algo.

2. tr. Preparar, iniciar la ejecución de algo.

3. tr. Procurar o pretender.

Procurar:
1. tr. Hacer diligencias o esfuerzos para que suceda lo que se expresa.

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Permalink Reply by gregorio almohalla menjibar on October 16, 2009 at 5:45am: las tres palabras son sinonimas osea que significan lo mismo. Pero con algunos matices.
Por ejemplo procurar es mas afirmativo pues normalmente se utiliza para asegurar algo.
Un ejemplo: Ya procurare yo que esto no vuelva a ocurrir,estas asegurando que eso no pasara mas veces.
Intentar es menos afirmativo y se utiliza normalmente como intención no como afirmación.
Ejemplo: yo intentare que esto no vuelva a ocurrir. No estas asegurando sino prediciendo una intención.
Tratar para mi tiene el mismo significado y uso que intentar.Ademas es una palabra poco utilizada en España; ▶ Reply to This (Please don't include e-mail or Skype address)

Permalink Reply by Yero on October 16, 2009 at 8:59pm: Hi Winter :)

For example:

"Intentaré escribirte cuando regrese de Caracas."
"Trataré de escribirte cuando regrese de Caracas."
"Procuraré escribirte cuando regrese de Caracas."

In the context of "making an effort to do something." Honestly, I use the three of them interchangeably.

I rarely use "procurar" although I've heard it many times on TV stations from countries like Uruguay.

Procurar (at least in my country) means like try a little bit harder.

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