principios

/pɾinˈθipjos/, [pɾĩn̟ˈθi.pjos]

beginning, principles


Examples
  • En los principios amorosos los desengaños prestos suelen ser remedios calificados.

    In the principles of love, quick disappointments are usually described as remedies.

  • Hubo varios avances tecnológicos a principios del siglo XXI.

    There were many technological advances at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

  • No está dentro de mis principios besar en la primera cita.

    It's not my policy to kiss on the first date.

  • Me gustan las personas más que los principios, y me gustan las personas sin principios más que cualquier otra cosa en el mundo.

    I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

  • Juan de la Cierva inventó el autogiro y los principios para hacer funcionar al helicóptero.

    Juan de la Cierva invented the autogyro and the principles to make a helicopter work.

  • Vamos a viajar a Estonia a principios del mes que viene.

    We're going to travel to Estonia at the beginning of next month.

  • Él se mantuvo fiel a sus principios.

    He remained faithful to his principles.

  • Es fiel a sus principios.

    He remains loyal to his principles.

  • Tom vino a mi oficina ayer a principios de la tarde.

    Tom came to my office early yesterday afternoon.

  • Para él, sus principios eran irrefutables.

    For him, his principles were irrefutable.

  • Algunas personas no tienen principios consistentes, entonces adoptan cualquiera que los beneficie en el momento.

    Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment.

  • Él tiene firmes principios.

    He has strong principles.

  • Llueve a principios de otoño.

    It rains in early autumn.

  • Esta bicicleta lleva colocada aquí desde principios de mes.

    This bicycle has been left here since the beginning of this month.

  • Este derecho no podrá ser invocado contra una acción judicial realmente originada por delitos comunes o por actos opuestos a los propósitos y principios de las Naciones Unidas.

    This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

  • Él se ciñe a sus principios.

    He sticks to his principles.

  • Va en contra de mis principios decir mentiras

    It is against my principles to tell a lie.

  • Eso va en contra de mis principios.

    That runs against my principles.

  • Hay principios gramáticos involucrados.

    There are grammatical principles involved.

  • Los principios básicos de la gramática no son tan difíciles.

    The basic principles of grammar are not so difficult.


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