empezó

it started, started


Examples
  • ¿Cuándo empezó a llover?

    When did it begin to rain?

  • La luna empezó a mostrar su cara pálida desde detrás de las nubes.

    The moon began to show her pale face from behind the clouds.

  • Empezó a decir palabrotas.

    He started swearing.

  • Empezó a brillar.

    It started glowing.

  • La guerra empezó tres años más tarde.

    The war began three years later.

  • Tom le preguntó a Mary si sabía cuándo empezó el concierto.

    Tom asked Mary if she knew when the concert started.

  • Tom empezó a creer que nunca podría volver a andar.

    Tom began to believe that he'd never be able to walk again.

  • Empezó a sentir miedo.

    He began to feel afraid.

  • Dejó de fumar y empezó a correr.

    He stopped smoking and started running.

  • Él empezó a estudiar inglés desde los once años.

    He started learning English at the age of eleven.

  • Tom empezó a enojarse.

    Tom started to get angry.

  • Cuando se despertó, recordó el sueño como si hubiera sido una pesadilla, y desde aquel día empezó a olvidar un gran número de importantísimos detalles de su vida.

    When he woke up, he remembered the dream as a terrible experience, and from that day on, he started forgetting a great number of very important details of his life.

  • Según iba caminando, empezó a llover.

    As I was walking, it began to rain.

  • Ella empezó a sudar.

    She began to sweat.

  • Tom empezó a hablar acerca de lo que él hacía para vivir.

    Tom began talking about what he did for a living.

  • No habíamos ido lejos cuando empezó a llover.

    We had not gone very far when it started to rain.

  • Él empezó a desayunar.

    He began to eat his breakfast.

  • Apenas había salido de casa cuando empezó a llover.

    Hardly had I left home when it began to rain.

  • La carretera empezó a dividirse en muchas direcciones.

    The road began branching off in many directions.

  • Empezó a inquietarse con aquel ruido.

    He began to get restless because of that noise.


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