"Tú puedes tratar de comer."

Translation: You can try to eat.

[wwang.1]

What's the difference between "tratar" and "intentar"?

[Babella]

One is more used than the other in certain areas. If you use "tratar" you should add a "de": tratar de comer, tratar de llegar, tratar de venir; with "intentar", you do not put it: intentar comer, intentar llegar, intentar venir.

[da.razo.m]

Agree, but "tratar" is used as well, of course, depending the context as a form of make business, e.g. "es un trato" (it is a deal), vamos a tratar/negociar (let's negotiate)

[pawan1899]

Oh...like TREATY

[Jiaojiao123Wu]

VERY Good~

[wwang.1]

Thanks! That helps a lot!

[Rainie69]

Thanks, giving you a lingot

[knoxinator]

How do you give lingots to somebody

[THeNeeno]

You can't do it through the app, only on a computer.

[EugeneTiffany]

Right. In the app you can't even see how many ingots anyone has been given for outstanding comments.

[Languagease]

Under the comment there's a "Give Lingot" button.

[jfwolff]

Is "de" used in this sentence because tratar is already used in the infinite form?

[rspreng]

Tartar de + infinitive = to try to do something. Tartar can be conjugated, or, as here, an infinitive.

[clyde_the_camel]

What a saucy answer ... :D

[The.Other.Caleb]

I should give you a plaque for that.

(Please get the joke, somebody!)

[Babella]

It is actually used because "comer" is in the infinitive form ;] It is one of those verbs that need a preposition when being accompanied with another verb (in infinitive, "tratar" can be in any form): tratar de saltar, tratando de venir, trató de ver.

[jmiker54]

Could we use "a" instead of "de" here?

[Babella]

I guess you asked because "to" (try to eat) translates as "a", but no, it is incorrect.

[hypek]

My dictionary says "tratar de algo" = speak about sth ;/

[RivkaDivka]

Now i have 3 words to choose from to say "try that:" tratar, intentar, and prueba. OK, intentar sounds like English "intend," so I guess that would be the right word for "try to swim" - I intend to swim daily is pretty much the same meaning as "I try to swim daily." But what about trarar vs prueba?

[Aelise_627]

I would like to know what exactly tratar means here. Does it have the connotation of "try/taste" or does it mean "try (to do)"? I usually see probar with trying/tasting food. That doesn't seem to be a top option for probar. {See the website}

[HagueAndrew]

I wrote you must try to eat. I seem to remember poder being used that way in a previous exercise.

[cbalen]

If I'm not mistaken it would be: you must, if they used tienes que ... The que after the verb conjugation of tener changes a sentence from you have to you must

[kai7]

why not tratar a comer, why de?

[tessbee]

They have to go together (tratar de) + an infinitive to mean "to try to [do something]".

[frn_8]

Are there some verbs that the accompany of 'de' is mandatory to use along them ?

[AustinGrog]

Intentar makes more sense

[AndreaBarcelona]

In a previous question, it was indicated that 'probar' was only to be used when it concerns trying food. Why is 'probar a comer' then not an option?

[pawan1899]

I see that "de" is used as "to". Can "a" be used in place of "de". Could someone expain when to use "de" and "a"?
Example: yo voy A la escuela.
Or
Yo voy DE la escuela?

[SpaceYuki]

That sentence also means a demanding like "You can finish to eat now", although it appears as "try to eat" :/

[LoriettaPurpura]

they are lookd up translation and it said you can eat balls fyi im NOT JOKING!!!!!!