Translation of "Interesé" in English

Me interesé por la educación

I think I gravitated towards education

Me interesé mucho como mago que soy,

as a magician, it really resonated with me,

Como estudiante, me interesé por las lenguas orientales.

As a student, I became interested in oriental languages.

Esto me gustó, me interesé en esto, en realidad por accidente.

I got into this, I got interested in this, actually, quite by accident.