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Sentence

C'era tanta gente al cinema.

Translation

There were many people at the cinema



Analysis


c'era
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of esserci; there was; there used to be
tanta
     1. adj. feminine singular of adjective tanto
     2. pron. feminine singular of tanto
     3. adv. feminine of tanto
     tanto
          1. adj. so much, so many
          2. adj. much, many
          3. adj. such
          4. adj. significant
          5. pron. much
          6. pron. a lot
          7. adv. so much
          8. adv. very
          9. conj. after all
          10. conj. anyways
gente
     1. n. people, guys, folks
al
     1. contraction. contraction of a il; to the, at the
     2. prep. (cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)
     a
          1. prep. in
          2. prep. at
          3. prep. to
          4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
          5. v. misspelling of ha
     il
          1. art. the
cinema
     1. n. (art and industry) cinema
     2. n. (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre




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