begin Significado & definición

Significado de begin en español

• 0 to start to happen -- empezar

  • What time does the movie begin?

• 1 to start to do something -- empezar

  • She began to cry.

• 2 to have something at the start -- empezar por algo

  • Local phone numbers begin with 01224.

• 3 at the start of a situation -- al principio

  • To begin with, I was very nervous.

• 4 used to give the first important reason for something -- en primer lugar

  • The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was too small.

• 5 to start doing or to do the first part -- comenzar

  • Let’s begin with a story. Vamos a empezar con una historia.

  • We began the meeting a little late. Comenzamos la reunión un poco tarde.

  • I’m beginning to think he’s lying. Estoy empezando a pensar que está mintiendo.

  • She suddenly began running. De repente ella comenzó a correr.

  • He began his career as a waiter. Comenzó su carrera como camarero.

• 6 to start to happen or exist -- comenzar

  • What time does the lecture begin? ¿A qué hora comienza la lección?

• 7 in the early stages of or before sth -- para empezar,

  • To begin with, I didn’t know what I was doing. Para empezar, no sabía lo que estaba haciendo.