beginning

principio, comienzo

Parte de algo que viene antes de la parte central y del final.

En inglés sencillo: The first part of something, before the middle and the end.

• I missed the beginning of the film.
• Read the story from the beginning.
• The beginning of the book is very funny.

Cómo se usa: at the beginning of something (Her name appears at the beginning of the letter.); from the beginning (Please play the song from the beginning.)

Sinónimos: start, opening

Antónimos: end

Expresiones frecuentes: beginning of something, at the beginning, from the beginning

comienzo, inicio

Acción de empezar algo o momento en que empieza.

En inglés sencillo: The act or moment of starting something.

• Today marks the beginning of spring.
• The move offered her a new beginning.
• We celebrated the beginning of the project.

Cómo se usa: beginning of something (The ceremony marked the beginning of the festival.)

Sinónimos: start, commencement

Antónimos: end

Expresiones frecuentes: new beginning, beginning of something, mark a beginning

origen, principio

Fuente o causa a partir de la cual surge y se desarrolla algo.

En inglés sencillo: The source or cause from which something develops.

• That argument was the beginning of their feud.
• The business grew from humble beginnings.
• Nobody knows the beginning of this tradition.

Cómo se usa: beginning of something (The discovery marked the beginning of a new industry.)

Sinónimos: origin, source

Expresiones frecuentes: beginning of something, humble beginning, small beginning

rudimentos, inicios

Primeros elementos o forma inicial de algo que puede desarrollarse más adelante.

En inglés sencillo: A small first part or early form of something that may develop further.

• These sketches are the beginnings of a design.
• We found the beginnings of a settlement near the river.
• Her notes contain the beginnings of a novel.

Cómo se usa: beginnings of something (The children learned the beginnings of arithmetic.)

Sinónimos: rudiment, germ

Expresiones frecuentes: beginnings of something, small beginning, early beginning

inicial

Que está al principio de algo que continúa después.

En inglés sencillo: At the start of something longer.

• Read the beginning paragraph first.
• The beginning pages explain the main problem.
• Her name appears in the beginning section.

Sinónimos: initial, opening

Antónimos: final

Expresiones frecuentes: beginning paragraph, beginning section, beginning pages