-
1 empezar
empezar ( conjugate empezar) verbo intransitivo 1 [película/conferencia/invierno] to begin, start;◊ empezó a nevar it started to snow o snowing2 [ persona] to start; todo es cuestión de empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started; no sé por dónde empezar I don't know where to begin; vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you; empezar a hacer algo to start doing sth, start to do sth; empezó diciendo que … she started o began by saying that …; empezó trabajando de mecánico he started out as a mechanic; empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context 3 verbo transitivo
empezar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (dar principio a una actividad) to begin, start: aún no hemos empezado a comer, we still haven't started to eat
para empezar, first of all: para empezar, eso que dices no es cierto, to begin with what you're saying is just not true
no empieces con tus tonterías, don't start being stupid again
2 (un paquete, una caja) to open, start: la caja de galletas está sin empezar, the box of biscuits hasn't been opened yet
3 (tener principio) to start: la película empieza a las diez, the film starts at ten o'clock ➣ Ver nota en begin y start
Locuciones: ya empezamos, here we go again ' empezar' also found in these entries: Spanish: adormecerse - arrancar - cada - cobrar - compilación - echar - echarse - ponerse - pronta - pronto - romper - soltarse - trabar - vaya - volver - ya - a - aclarar - cero - empiece - entrar - incendiar - largar - poner English: begin - branch out - clean up - cotton on - daunt - fail - flying - get - grow - impatient - kick off - nervous - open - pipe up - place - set off - spring - square - start - start off - start up - strike up - take off - take up - thing - turn - afresh - beginning - ground - into - keen - kick - originate - over - rampage - roll - scratch - strike - suppose - undone
См. также в других словарях:
Historical powers — include great powers, nations, or empires in history. The term Great power represent the most important world powers. In a modern context, recognised great powers came about first in Europe during the post Napoleonic era.[1] The formalization of… … Wikipedia
Historical demography — is a quantitative study of history of human population, developed and popularized in 20th century by French historian Louis Henry. It is considered both a supporting science of history and a part of demography.Unlike modern demography, historical … Wikipedia
Branch County, Michigan — Seal … Wikipedia
Historical Criticism — • The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Historical Criticism Historical Criticism … Catholic encyclopedia
historical school of economics — branch of economic thought, developed chiefly in Germany in the last half of the 19th century, that sought to understand the economic situation of a nation in the context of its total historical experience. Objecting to the deductively… … Universalium
Branch Barrett Rickey — Branch Barrett Rickey, grandson of Branch Rickey, serves as the president of the Pacific Coast League. He replaced the retiring Bill Cutler who served as PCL president from 1979 to 1997. Rickey had been the president of the venerable American… … Wikipedia
Historical archaeology — is a branch of archaeology that concerns itself with historical societies, i.e. those that had systems of writing. It is often distinguished from prehistoric archaeology which studies societies with no writing. However, in current international… … Wikipedia
Historical theology — is a branch of theological studies that investigates the socio historical and cultural mechanisms that give rise to theological ideas, systems, and statements. Research and method in this field focus on the relationship between theology and… … Wikipedia
Historical geography — is the study of the human, physical, fictional, theoretical, and real geographies of the past. Historical geography studies a wide variety of issues and topics. A common theme is the study of the geographies of the past and how a place or region… … Wikipedia
Historical sociology — is a branch of sociology focusing on how societies develop through history. It looks at how social structure that many regard as natural are in fact shaped by complex social processes. The structure in turn shapes institutions and organizations,… … Wikipedia
Historical immigration to Great Britain — concerns the inward movement of people, cultural and ethnic groups into Great Britain before 1922, when the Irish Free State became independent. Immigration during and after 1922 is dealt with at the article Immigration to the United Kingdom… … Wikipedia
