principio

/pɾinˈθipjo/, [pɾĩn̟ˈθi.pjo]

beginning, principle


Examples
  • Al principio él era tímido.

    He was shy at first.

  • En el principio cuando vio su tamaño, mi ingenua novia quedó deslumbrada.

    When she first saw the size of it, my naive girlfriend was blown away.

  • El reloj del municipio de Lviv se instaló en un principio en el año 1404.

    The clock on the Lviv Town Hall was first installed in the year 1404.

  • Al principio no me gustó, pero de poco a poco se volvió divertido.

    At first, I didn't like it, but it gradually became fun.

  • Este nuevo estado podría ser, en principio, cualquier estado microscópico.

    This new state could in principle be any microscopic state.

  • Deberías haberlo rechazado desde el principio en lugar de haberle dado falsas esperanzas.

    You should have rejected him right from the start instead of leading him on.

  • Catilina, al principio, no tenía más de dos mil soldados.

    In the beginning, Catalina had no more than two thousand soldiers.

  • Estaba nervioso al principio pero gradualmente me fui relajando.

    I was nervous at first, but gradually got more relaxed.

  • Ella no le gustaba al principio.

    He didn't like her at first.

  • Al principio estaba en contra del proyecto.

    At first he was against the project.

  • Soy el alfa y el omega, lo primero y lo último, el principio y el fin.

    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

  • Al principio pensé que él era tu hermano.

    At first, I took him for your brother.

  • Al principio no le gustaba.

    She didn't like him at first.

  • La fotografía está al principio del libro.

    The picture is in the front of the book.

  • Empecemos por el principio.

    Let's start from the beginning.

  • Como ella estaba tan contenta, al principio no sabía qué decir.

    Because she was so happy, she did not know what to say at the beginning.

  • En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • ¿Qué será de mañana? ¿El principio o el fin?

    What will tomorrow be? The beginning or the end?

  • Si me hubiera dicho la verdad desde el principio, no estaría enojado ahora.

    Had she told me the truth in the first place, I wouldn't be angry now.

  • Al principio no entendí qué decía.

    At first I didn't understand what he was saying.


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