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Otros
Determiner
  personajes
Noun
  fueron
Auxiliary
  estudiados
Verb
  por
Adposition
 Maquiavelo.

Other characters were studied by Machiavelli.
Words and sentences
New
otros

New
personajes

plural of personaje

New
fueron

  1. third-person plural preterite indicative of ir
  2. third-person plural preterite indicative of ser

New
estudiados

New
por

  1. by (indicates the creator of a work)
  2. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
  3. through, out, via (indicating movement)
  4. across (indicating movement)
  5. about
  6. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
  7. over
  8. times, by, multiplied by
  9. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
  10. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
  11. for (indicating duration)
  12. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
  13. per, for each
  14. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
  15. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
  16. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)

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