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principio

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nounmasculine
  1. principle
  2. cause, origin
  3. beginning, start, outset, get-go

Forms

noun

singularprincipio
pluralprincipios

Used in the library

  • Trabajar contigo es un placer desde el principio.Working with you has been a pleasure from the beginning.A1Otra vez, por favor (7) — Once more, please (7) (A1)
  • Al principio tuvo tierras y tuvo indios que trabajaban para él.At first he had land and had Indians who worked for him.A1Bartolomé de las Casas
  • Quiere ser actriz, pero al principio no tiene trabajo ni dinero.She wants to be an actress, but at first she has no work and no money.A1Eva Perón
  • Al principio no les gustó: era demasiado amargo.At first they did not like it: it was too bitter.A2El cacao de los aztecas — The Aztecs' Cacao

Other ways to say it

  • causacause; lawsuit
  • comienzobeginning
  • empiecestart
  • iniciostart, initiation; home (software term)
  • origenorigin

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