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Old July 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
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Verb forms

If I want to say "I tried to run away", which do I use?
1) Intenté a fugar
2) Intenté fugarme
Google translates them identically. Can you point to a grammer rule that tells me which version to use?
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Old July 30, 2012, 02:45 PM
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"Intenté a fugar" looks like Portuguese to me. "Intenté fugarme" or "traté de fugarme".
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