empezar

/empeˈθaɾ/, [ẽm.peˈθaɾ]

begin, start

Examples

Decidimos empezar el próximo domingo.

We've fixed on starting next Sunday.

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¿Cuándo te gustaría empezar?

When would you like to begin?

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Tom no sabe por donde empezar.

Tom doesn't know where to start.

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Aunque no venga, tendremos que empezar.

Even if he doesn't come, we'll have to begin.

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Para ganarse a la hija hay que empezar con la madre.

He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

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¿Sería mejor empezar temprano?

Would it be better to start early?

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Ella acababa de empezar a leer el libro cuando alguien golpeó la puerta.

She'd just begun to read the book when someone knocked on the door.

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Si me lo hubieras dicho antes de empezar ahora no estaríamos en este lío.

If you had told me that before we started, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

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Deberíais empezar.

You should begin.

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Vamos a empezar por el principio.

Let's start at the beginning.

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Si estás listo, vamos a empezar.

If you're ready, we'll begin.

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¿Cuándo querés empezar?

When do you want to start?

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¿Cuánto tiempo pasaste investigando antes de empezar a escribir?

How much time did you spend doing research before you started writing?

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Para empezar, ella es demasiado joven.

To begin with, she is too young.

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No está mal para empezar.

Not bad for a start.

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Voy a empezar esta noche.

I will start tonight.

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Están por empezar.

They're about to start.

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Acordamos empezar temprano.

We agreed to start early.

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Tenemos que empezar antes de las cinco.

We must begin before five.

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Para empezar, quiero agradecerles a todos ustedes.

To start with, I want to thank you all.

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