principio
/pɾinˈθipjo/, [pɾĩn̟ˈθi.pjo]beginning, principle
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¿No podemos empezar desde el principio?
Can't we start over?
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Volvamos al principio.
Let's go back to the beginning.
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Nuestro plan salió mal desde el principio.
Our plan went wrong from the beginning.
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Fue difícil al principio.
It was hard at first.
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A ella no le gustaba ese caballo al principio.
She didn't like the horse at first.
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Al principio ella no me gustó, pero ahora sí.
I didn't like her at first, but now I do.
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Al principio no me agradaba.
At first, I didn't like him.
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En principio parece que Japón es un lugar pacífico y tranquilo, pero en realidad está plagado de problemas.
Japan may appear to be peaceful and tranquil on the surface but the fact is that there are a lot of deep-rooted problems.
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Al principio habrá muchas palabras y formas gramaticales desconocidas, pero no tienes que temer.
At first there will be many unfamiliar words and grammatical forms, but you don't have to be afraid.
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Desde un principio no tuve la intención de vivir en una gran ciudad.
I had no intention of living in a large city from the start.
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Una demostración formal del principio de Peter daría un golpe a las estructuras corporativistas de muchos países.
A formal demonstration of Peter's principle would be a hit to the corporativist structures of many countries.
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Pero el mismo principio debe aplicar a las percepciones musulmanas de Estados Unidos. Justo como los musulmanes no caben en un estereotipo crudo, Estados Unidos no es el crudo estereotipo de un imperio egoísta,
But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
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Al principio sólo estaba mirando oraciones en Francés, pero antes de darme cuenta ya me había enganchado traduciéndolas.
At first, I was only looking at the French sentences, but before I knew it, I was hooked into translating them.
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Él le gustó desde el principio.
She liked him right off.
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No importa qué instrumento musical quieras aprender a tocar, lo más importante es que, desde el principio, no cometas errores, porque los errores se quedan grabados en tu mente con mucha más facilidad que cualquier cosa que hagas correctamente.
No matter which musical instrument you want to learn to play, the most important thing is not to make any mistakes from the beginning on, because mistakes are always imprinted on your mind more easily than everything you do right.
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Lo deben haber sabido desde el principio.
They must have known it all along.
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Al principio tuvimos algunos problemas con nuestro sistema informático, pero ahora ya están resueltos.
Initially we had some problems with our computer system, but they've been sorted out now.
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A él no le gustaba ella al principio.
He didn't like her at first.
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La idea parecía absurda al principio.
The idea seemed absurd at first.
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Como estaba tan contenta, al principio no sabía qué decir.
Because she was so happy, she did not know what to say at the beginning.
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