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empezar |
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| to start, begin | |
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Empecé a sangrar.
I've started bleeding. |
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Ya empieza a hablar.
He's already beginning to talk. |
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¿A qué hora empiezan?
At which hour they are starting? |
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Empezamos tomando sopa.
We began with the soup. |
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El bebé empezó a llorar.
The baby started to cry. |
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Él empezó una vida nueva.
He started a new life. |
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La escuela empieza a las nueve.
School begins at nine. | School begins at 9. | School starts at nine. |
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Ella empezó a hablarle al perro.
She began to talk to the dog. |
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Creí que había empezado a llover.
I thought it had started to rain. |
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Las clases empiezan pronto de nuevo.
Classes are starting again soon. |
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Me perdí, y para colmo empezó a llover.
I got lost, and to make matter worse, it began to rain. |
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La semana pasada empecé a aprender chino.
I started learning Chinese last week. |
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Empezaron a investigar sobre ese problema.
They began to look into the problem. |
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Estoy empezando a ver que va a ser imposible.
I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible. |
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La vida empieza cuando decides lo que esperas de ella.
Life starts when you decide what you are expecting from it. |
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He empezado la escuela, y hasta ahora no me desagrada.
School has started and I like it so far. |
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La vida empieza cuando te das cuenta de quién eres realmente.
Life begins when we realize who we really are. |
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Los capullos del rosal del jardín empiezan a abrirse poco a poco.
Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open. |
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Cuando empieces a parecerte a la foto de tu pasaporte deberías irte de vacaciones.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

