comenzó

/komenˈθo/, [ko.mẽn̟ˈθo]

began, started


Examples
  • Comenzó a tocar una vieja canción.

    He began to play an old song.

  • Tom comenzó a buscar trabajo tres meses antes de graduarse de la universidad.

    Tom began to look for a job three months before he graduated from college.

  • Un silbato sonó y el bote comenzó a irse lentamente del puerto.

    A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

  • Poco después comenzó a llover.

    Soon after, it began to rain.

  • Comenzó.

    It has begun.

  • Él sacó un libro y comenzó a leer.

    He got out a book and began to read it.

  • Comenzó a llover.

    It began to rain.

  • Todo comenzó el día en que nací.

    It all started the day I was born.

  • Antes del examen, comenzó a estudiar en serio.

    Before the exam, he began to study in earnest.

  • Los pasajeros se pusieron nerviosos cuando el avión comenzó a vibrar.

    Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.

  • Tom comenzó a bajar los costales del camión.

    Tom started to unload the sacks from the truck.

  • Tom comenzó a vivir por su cuenta a los dieciséis años.

    Tom began living by himself at the age of sixteen.

  • Tom comenzó a aprender francés hace aproximadamente tres años.

    Tom began to learn French about three years ago.

  • El corazón de Tom repentinamente comenzó a latir más rápido.

    Tom's heart suddenly began to beat faster.

  • Una cascada de sudor comenzó a escurrir de mi cara.

    A waterfall of sweat began to pour down my face.

  • La gente se puso de pie y comenzó a cantar.

    The people stood on their feet and began singing.

  • Thomas es un esperantista que comenzó a aprender esperanto hace un año. Ahora él ya habla fluidamente.

    Thomas is an esperantist, who began learning Esperanto one year ago. Now he already speaks it fluently.

  • El chico comenzó a hacer ruido.

    The boy began to make noise.

  • Él comenzó a aprender inglés cuando tenía 12 años, es decir, cuando entró a la secundaria.

    He began to learn English when he was twelve years old, that is to say, when he entered junior high school.

  • Acabábamos de empezar cuando comenzó a llover.

    We had hardly started when it began to rain.


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