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Dichos
Determiner
  cargos
Noun
  al
  ser
Auxiliary
  tan
Adverb
  influyentes
Adjective
los
Determiner
  candidatos
Noun
  competitivos
Adjective
  se
Pronoun
  postulaban
Verb
  para
Adposition
  ellos
Pronoun
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These positions being so influential, competitive candidates were running for them.
Words and sentences
New
dichos

New
cargos

plural of cargo

New
al

Contraction of a el (“at the, to the”).

New
influyentes

plural of influyente

New
los

New
candidatos

plural of candidato

New
competitivos

masculine plural of competitivo

New
ellos

plural of él (“they, them”)

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