tocar

/toˈkaɾ/, [t̪oˈkaɾ]

play, touch


Examples
  • El mes que viene hará cinco años que él empezó a tocar el violín.

    Next month it'll be five years since he began playing the violin.

  • Basta con tocar el botón.

    You only have to touch the button.

  • Roger Miller aprendió a tocar la guitarra y el violín. Mucho más tarde, aprendió a tocar la batería.

    Roger Miller learned to play the guitar and the violin. Much later, he learned to play the drums.

  • No te atrevas a tocar eso.

    Don't you dare touch that.

  • Aprender a tocar un instrumento ejercita la mente.

    Learning a musical instrument trains the mind.

  • Sabe tocar el piano.

    He knows how to play the piano.

  • ¿Oíste a alguien tocar el timbre?

    Did you hear someone ring the doorbell?

  • Tom me enseñó a tocar esa canción.

    Tom taught me how to play that song.

  • Aprendí a tocar la guitarra a los diez años.

    I learned to play guitar when I was ten years old.

  • Luego trato de tocar las primeras notas.

    Then I try to play the first notes.

  • A él se le da muy bien tocar el violín.

    He is very good at playing violin.

  • Puedo tocar el cielorraso.

    I can touch the ceiling.

  • Tom escuchó a Mary tocar el piano.

    Tom heard Mary play the piano.

  • ¿Qué vas a tocar?

    What are you going to play?

  • Ningún músico hubiera pensado en tocar esa música en el funeral.

    No musician would have thought of playing that music at the funeral.

  • Tom puede tocar la armónica y la guitarra al mismo tiempo.

    Tom can play the harmonica and the guitar at the same time.

  • Tom ni siquiera puede tocar una canción en su ukelele sin equivocarse.

    Tom can't even play one song on his ukulele without making mistakes.

  • Tom se ha vuelto mejor para tocar clarinete desde que lo oí tocar la última vez.

    Tom has gotten better at playing the clarinet since I last heard him play.

  • A Tom le gustaba escuchar a María tocar el piano.

    Tom liked to listen to Mary play the piano.

  • No importa qué instrumento musical quieras aprender a tocar, lo más importante es que, desde el principio, no cometas errores, porque los errores se quedan grabados en tu mente con mucha más facilidad que cualquier cosa que hagas correctamente.

    No matter which musical instrument you want to learn to play, the most important thing is not to make any mistakes from the beginning on, because mistakes are always imprinted on your mind more easily than everything you do right.


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