comienzo

/koˈmjenθo/, [koˈmjẽn̟.θo]

beginning, start

Examples

Comienzo a pensar que no debí haberme alistado en el ejército.

I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't have enlisted in the army.

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Yo ando a la vez cansado y feliz al comienzo de cada fin de semana.

At the start of every weekend, I am both tired and happy.

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Siempre que estoy triste dejo de estarlo y en lugar de eso comienzo a ser fantástico.

Whenever I'm sad, I stop being sad and start being awesome instead.

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El comienzo oficial es el sábado.

The official start is on Saturday.

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Sus tiempos iban a presenciar, en gran medida, el comienzo y el prevalecer del cumplimiento de estas palabras.

His times were to see the beginning and the carrying forward, to some quite serious degree, of the fulfilment of these words.

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No lo reconocí en un comienzo.

I didn't recognize him at first.

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Es una lástima, pero a tu personaje le matan al comienzo de la obra.

It's too bad, but your character gets killed at the start of the play.

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Al comienzo, pensé que estaban enfermas.

At first, I thought they were sick.

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El tiempo va a retrasar el comienzo de la carrera.

The weather will delay the start of the race.

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La Revolución Industrial en un comienzo tuvo lugar en Inglaterra.

The Industrial Revolution took place first in England.

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Al comienzo, pensé que estaba enferma.

At first, I thought I was sick.

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La humillación es el comienzo de la santificación.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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Yo pensé eso al comienzo.

I thought so at first.

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El tiempo no tiene divisiones para marcar su paso, nunca hay una tormenta o un soplar de trompetas para indicar el comienzo de un nuevo mes o año. Incluso cuando empieza un nuevo siglo sólo somos nosotros, los mortales, los que tocamos las campanas y disparamos con nuestras pistolas.

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

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Los hombres de negocios intercambian tarjetas de presentación al comienzo o al final de un encuentro.

Business people exchange cards at the beginning or end of a meeting.

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Ahora comienzo a comprender.

Now I begin to understand.

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Al comienzo del juego soplan un silbato.

A whistle is blown at the start of a game.

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Ése fue el comienzo de todo.

That was the beginning of everything.

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Él no lo creyó en un comienzo.

He didn't believe it at first.

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El verdadero acto filosófico es la aniquilación del yo (Selbsttötung); este es el verdadero comienzo de toda filosofía; todos los requisitos para ser un discípulo de Filosofía apuntan acá. Ese solo acto se corresponde con todas las condiciones y características de una conducta trascendental.

The true philosophical Act is annihilation of self (Selbsttötung); this is the real beginning of all Philosophy; all requisites for being a Disciple of Philosophy point hither. This Act alone corresponds to all the conditions and characteristics of transcendental conduct.

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