tocar

to touch

Rita, yo tocaba la flauta dulce en la escuela.	I used to play the recorder at school. Let me help you learn.
En el camino de casa, cada objeto que yo tocaba parecía latir.	On the way home, every object I touched seemed to throb.
Todo lo que yo tocaba hacía dinero, y lo necesitaba.	Everything I touched turned into money, and I needed it.
Al menos yo tocaba con ambas manos.	At least I played it with both hands.
Él cantaba en el coro universitario y yo tocaba el piano.	He sang in the University Choir, and I played the piano.
Se supone que yo tocaba a las 10:30.	I'm supposed to be playing at 10:30.
Entonces éramos 4 chicos, yo tocaba la guitarra y cantaba.	We were 4 guys back then, I that played guitars and did the vocals.
Jane amaba cantar, así que yo tocaba para ella, pero desde el accidente...	Jane loved to sing, so I'd play for her, but since the accident... Right.
Él sabía que yo tocaba un poco la trompeta en casa, principalmente para mí mismo.	He knew that I played the trumpet a little, mainly for myself at home.
Sí, yo tocaba en ella, hicieron una recolecta y me lo regalaron.	Yeah, I was in it. They chipped in and bought me these when I left.
Yo tocaba siempre tango, pero yo tocaba tango como quien habla.	I always played of the tango, but I played of the tango as I speak.
Y yo tocaba, hasta que un día apareció un oficial y me levantó en peso.	And I played but one day a navy officer appeared and he scolded me.
Sí, yo tocaba en ella, hicieron una recolecta y me lo regalaron.	Yeah, I was in it. And they chipped in and bought me these when I left.
En la secundaria, yo tocaba los bongos en una banda, y estaba enamorado de la cantante.	Junior high, I played bongos in a band, and I fell in love with the singer.
Que yo tocaba en tríos con mi hermano, y los instrumentos siempre estaban desafinados, no afinaban bien.	For I played in trios with my brother, and the instruments were always out of tune, had no good tuning.
Cosas más avanzadas de lo que yo tocaba en Lebrija, que lo que hacía era acompañar al cante.	More advanced material than I was playing in Lebrija, where what I mostly did was accompany cante.
Si volviera aquel momento de que cuando yo tocaba en los velorios de antes, esa música: cuatro, guitarra y güiro.	If those moments could come back, back—when I played in the velorios, that music: cuatro, guitar, and güiro.
Si la guitarra yo tocaba la gata ronroneaba y una estrellita descendía cerca luego me sonreía y volvía arriba.	If I played the guitar the cat purred and a star came down so close then smiled at me and returned up there.
Durante esos años, siempre que yo tocaba el asunto, ella decía que no tenía tiempo, que cuando fuese, resolvería ese asunto.	During these years, whenever I touched on the subject, she said she had no time, that later she would solve this issue.
Alguien le hizo escuchar a Astor, que estaba de de paso por Buenos Aires, una grabación de Mederos en la que yo tocaba la guitarra.	Somebody made hear in Astor, then passage in Buenos Aires, a recording of Mederos in which I played the guitar.