comenzó

/komenˈθo/, [ko.mẽn̟ˈθo]

began, started


Examples
  • Todo terminó tan repentinamente como comenzó.

    It all ended as suddenly as it started.

  • Ella me siguió a la cocina y cogió un cuchillo. Luego comenzó a picar verduras.

    She followed me into the kitchen and picked up a knife. She then started cutting vegetables.

  • Todo comenzó una mañana de enero.

    It all started on a January morning.

  • Tengo un serio resfriado, y para empeorar las cosas, comenzó a nevar.

    I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing.

  • No sabemos cuándo comenzó a existir este mundo.

    We don't know when this world came into being.

  • Al entrar el rey, el coro comenzó a entonar alabanzas.

    When the king came in, the choir began intoning praises.

  • Él comenzó a tocar una vieja canción.

    He began to play an old song.

  • Pensaba ir en bicicleta pero comenzó a llover.

    I was thinking to go there by bike, but it began to rain.

  • Comenzó a llover a cántaros.

    It began to rain in earnest.

  • Sonriendo tristemente, comenzó a hablar.

    Smiling sadly, she began to talk.

  • La gente comenzó a correr a la vez.

    People started to run all at once.

  • Comenzó a llover justo cuando yo salía de casa.

    It started raining just as I was leaving home.

  • ¿Cómo comenzó la pelea?

    How did the fight start?

  • Todo comenzó el día en que cumplí diez años.

    It all started the day I became ten years old.

  • Se puso sus lentes y comenzó a leer.

    He put on his glasses and began to read.

  • Un viento fuerte comenzó a soplar.

    A strong wind began to set in.

  • Todo comenzó un día tormentoso.

    It all started on a stormy day.

  • El comenzó a humillar el hombre a su espalda.

    He began to abase the man behind his back.

  • Toda la audiencia se puso de pie y comenzó a aplaudir.

    The whole audience got up and started to applaud.

  • El precio de los alimentos está en su nivel más alto desde que la Organización de Comida y Agricultura de las Naciones Unidas comenzó a registrarlos en 1990.

    Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in 1990.


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