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Después de la playa, quiero quitarme el bañador y ducharme.
Meaning
After the beach, I want to take off my swimsuit and shower.
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Breakdown of Después de la playa, quiero quitarme el bañador y ducharme.
yo
I
querer
to want
después de
after
y
and
Questions & Answers about Después de la playa, quiero quitarme el bañador y ducharme.
Why is it después de la playa and not just después la playa?
Because después de is a fixed expression in Spanish. When después is followed by a noun, pronoun, or infinitive, it normally takes de.
Examples:
So después de la playa is the correct structure.
What does después de la playa mean exactly? Is it literally after the beach?
Yes, literally it is after the beach, but in natural English it usually means after going to the beach or after being at the beach.
Spanish often uses this kind of shorthand. If you wanted to be more explicit, you could say después de ir a la playa, but después de la playa is very natural.
Why is there no a after quiero?
Because querer is followed directly by an infinitive in Spanish.
So you say:
English uses want to, but Spanish does not add an extra word there.
Why is it quiero and not something like quero?