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Esto
Pronoun
  dio
Verb
  lugar
Noun
  a
Adposition
  una
Determiner
  serie
Noun
  de
Adposition
  acciones
Noun
  navales
Adjective
sobre todo
  en
Adposition
  Creta
Proper noun
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This resulted in a series of naval actions, especially in Crete.
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esto

neuter singular of este (“this”)

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dio

third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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lugar

place

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a

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de

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acciones

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en

  1. in, at, on
  2. in (a time)
  3. in (a language)
  4. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
  5. in (in various expressions)

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Creta

Crete (an island in Greece)

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