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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
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