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The Spanish word

empezar

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