Translation of "Tocaba" in English

Él tocaba la guitarra y ella tocaba el piano.

He played the guitar and she played the piano.

Ella tocaba el violín.

- She played on the violin.
- She played the violin.

Yo tocaba el trombón.

I used to play the trombone.

Tom tocaba la flauta.

Tom played the flute.

Ella tocaba maravillosamente el piano.

She played the piano beautifully.

Tocaba el piano de oído.

He played piano by ear.

Tom tocaba el violín, ¿no?

Tom used to play the guitar, didn't he?

La tocaba, la sentía, la probaba.

Touching it, feeling it, tasting it.

Por fin le tocaba a él.

It was her turn at last.

Ella tocaba el piano con entusiasmo.

She played the piano with enthusiasm.

Él tocaba el piano y ella cantaba.

He played the piano and she sang.

Ella tocaba el piano en ese momento.

She was playing the piano at that time.

Se electrocutó mientras tocaba el arpa eléctrica.

He was electrocuted while playing the electric harp.

Tom dijo que también tocaba la flauta.

- Tom said that he plays the flute, too.
- Tom said that he also plays the flute.
- Tom said that he plays the flute as well.

Mary dijo que también tocaba la flauta.

Mary said that she plays the flute as well.

Y en él tocaba una pieza de Beethoven.

and in the concert I was playing a piece of Beethoven.

Lucy tocaba frecuentemente el piano tras la cena.

Lucy would often play the piano after dinner.

John tocaba la guitarra y sus amigos cantaban.

John played guitar and his friends sang.

A una mitad de la clase le tocaba apoyarlo

Half the class were for

Tocaba los dos pero, por desgracia, no practicaba ninguno.

I played both, but unfortunately, practiced neither.

- Él estaba tocando el piano.
- Él tocaba el piano.

- He was playing the piano.
- He played the piano.

- Yo tocaba el trombón.
- Yo solía tocar el trombón.

I used to play the trombone.

Yo tocaba la flauta cuando estaba en el instituto.

I played the flute when I was in high school.

Esa guitarra nunca sonaba tan bien cuando yo la tocaba.

That guitar never sounded so good when I played it.

Mary tuvo un sueño en el que le tocaba la lotería.

Mary had a dream that she won the lottery.

Delante de la fuente una chica tocaba la guitarra y cantaba.

- A young woman was playing a guitar while singing along in front of the fountain.
- A young woman was singing and playing the guitar in front of the fountain.
- In front of the water fountain, there was a young woman accompanying herself on a guitar.

Pavlov tocaba una campana cada vez que alimentaba a sus perros.

Pavlov rang a bell whenever he fed his dogs.

Un hombre de pelo blanco tocaba el acordeón afuera de la tienda.

A white-haired man was playing an accordion outside the shop.

Ella podía cantar todas las canciones de Schubert mientras tocaba el piano.

She could sing all of Schubert's songs while playing the piano.

- Ella tocaba el piano en ese momento.
- En ese momento estaba tocando el piano.

She was playing the piano at that time.

¡Sabían los oradores que después me tocaba a mí venir a hacer reír a la gente!

The speakers knew that after them I had to come in and make people laugh!

- Juan tocó la guitarra y sus amigos cantaron.
- Juan tocaba la guitarra y sus amigos cantaban.

John played the guitar and his friends sang.

- Mary tuvo un sueño en el que le tocaba la lotería.
- Mary soñó que se ganaba la lotería.

Mary had a dream that she won the lottery.

- Había un piano en el cuarto, pero no había nadie que lo tocara.
- Había un piano en el salón, pero nadie lo tocaba.

- In the room there was a piano, but there was nobody who played it.
- There was a piano in the room, but no one was playing it.