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Sentence

La musica da camera era assai allegra.

Translation

The chamber music was very cheerful.



Analysis


La
     1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of la (you)
     2. art. the
     3. pron. (accusative) her, it
     4. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     5. n. (music) la (musical note)
     6. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
musica
     1. n. music
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of musicare
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of musicare
     musicare
          1. v. (transitive, music) to set to music
da
     1. prep. from
     2. prep. at
     3. prep. since
     4. prep. to (implying necessity)
     5. prep. ngd, Used in some adverbial phrases:
     6. prep. like, as
     7. v. misspelling of dà
camera
     1. n. room; chamber (all senses)
     2. n. bedroom
     3. n. assembly, parliament
     4. n. camera (for taking moving pictures)
musica da camera
     1. n. (music) chamber music
era
     1. n. age, epoch, period
     2. n. (geology) era
     3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
assai
     1. adv. very
allegra
     1. adj. feminine singular of allegro
     allegrare
          1. v. (obsolete) To cheer (make happy)
          2. v. (obsolete) To comfort or console
     allegro
          1. adj. cheerful
          2. adj. mirthful




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