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Inspirado por la celebridad, él quería aprender a tocar la guitarra.

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Translation

Inspired by the celebrity, he wanted to learn to play the guitar.



Analysis


inspirado
     1. adj. inspired
     2. Participle. past participle of inspirar
     inspirar
          1. v. to inspire
          2. v. to inhale
por
     1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work)
     2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
     3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement)
     4. prep. across (indicating movement)
     5. prep. about
     6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
     7. prep. (used with directions) over
     8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
     9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
     10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
     11. prep. for (indicating duration)
     12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
     13. prep. per, for each
     14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
     15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
     16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
     3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
celebridad
     1. n-f. celebrity
él
     1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions)
     2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
quería
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of querer
     querer
          1. v. to desire, to want, to want to
          2. v. to love; to be fond of
          3. v. (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?
          4. v. to mean to, to try to
          5. v. (reciprocal) to love each other
          6. n-m. love; affection; fondness
aprender
     1. v. to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)
     2. v. to teach
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
tocar
     1. v. to touch
     2. v. to play (a musical instrument)
     3. v. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn
     4. v. to knock
     5. v. to honk
     6. v. to ring
     7. v. to touch on (mention briefly)
     8. v. to touch (affect emotionally)
     9. v. to bunt
     10. v. to comb or dress one's hair
     11. v. to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
     3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
guitarra
     1. n-f. guitar




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