Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To play the guitar.

Examples

1277 sentences

  1. I want to play the guitar.

    Я хочу грати на гітарі. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу поиграть на гитаре. — sharptoothed

    deIch möchte Gitarre spielen. — Espi

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  2. I play the guitar after school.

    Я граю на гітарі після уроків. — deniko

    ruПосле школы я играю на гитаре. — Hellerick

    deNach dem Unterricht spiele ich Gitarre. — SeeVogel

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  3. I play the guitar before dinner.

    Я граю на гітарі до обіду. — mkazarian

    deIch spiele Gitarre vor dem Abendessen. — Esperantostern

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  4. He's very good at playing guitar.

    Він чудово грає на гітарі. — deniko

    ruОн очень хорошо играет на гитаре. — vilnat

    deEr spielt sehr gut Gitarre. — Dejo

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  5. Are you still playing the guitar?

    Ти ще граєш на гітарі? — deniko

    ruВы всё ещё играете на гитаре? — sharptoothed

    deSpielst du noch Gitarre? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā

From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither, but not related to sitar.

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Forms

guitars, guitaring, guitared, guitared
Base formguitar · to guitar
3rd person singularguitars
Present participleguitaring
Past simpleguitared
Past participleguitared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguitar
he, she, itguitars

Past simpleLesson

all personsguitared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guitared
he, she, ithas guitared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guitar

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • play the guitar
  • playing the guitar
  • play guitar
  • playing guitar
  • guitar player
  • guitar very well
  • guitar as well
  • playing his guitar
  • my old guitar
  • good guitar player
  • be playing guitar
  • play lead guitar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guiltyB1guineaguiseguitaristB1gulaggulf

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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