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try'na

try'na is the alternative form of tryna.

Meaning of tryna

Verb

tryna

  1. (also, auxiliary, dialectal, slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Future modal indicating intent.
    • Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go1993, “U.N.I.T.Y.”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah

Questions about try'na

What is try'na the alternative form of?
Try'na is the alternative form of tryna.

Words near try'na in the dictionary

  1. try the veal
  2. try titles
  3. try work
  4. try works
  5. try'n'a
  6. try'na
  7. try-babies
  8. try-baby
  9. try-hard
  10. try-hards
  11. try-miter square

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Adapted from Wiktionary: try'na (page history and authors); tryna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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