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empecé

/empeˈθe/, [ẽm.peˈθe]

i started, started

Examples

  • Empecé a leer el libro.

    I started reading the book.

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  • Quiero terminar lo que empecé.

    I want to finish what I started.

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  • Empecé a sudar.

    I began to sweat.

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  • Empecé a estudiar esperanto.

    I’ve started learning Esperanto.

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  • Empecé a escribir el libro.

    I started writing the book.

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  • No me gustaba ese juego, hasta que empecé a ganar.

    I didn't like this game until I started winning.

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  • Al comienzo del gran viaje estaba mareado, pero gradualmente empecé a adaptarme.

    At the outset of the long voyage I was seasick, but I gradually began to get my sea legs.

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  • A los doce años empecé a conducir nuestro tractor para ayudar a mi padre durante la cosecha.

    I began driving our tractor when I was 12 years old to help my father out at harvest time.

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  • La semana pasada empecé a aprender chino.

    I started learning Chinese last week.

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  • Empecé a hablar.

    I started talking.

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  • Me asusté y empecé a gritar.

    I freaked out and started screaming.

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  • Empecé a aprender francés a los trece años.

    I started studying French when I was thirteen.

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  • Han pasado seis años desde que empecé a estudiar inglés.

    It's been six years since I started to study English.

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  • Ella empezó a llorar y empecé a llorar también.

    She started crying and I started crying too.

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  • Empecé a navegar el año pasado.

    I started sailing last year.

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