OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4366

start

/stɑːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comienzo • empiece • inicio
The beginning of an activity.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, / Straining upon the start.
The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
respingo
A sudden involuntary movement.
He woke with a start.
Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.
salida
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4367

start

/stɑːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empezar
To begin, commence, initiate.
I was some years ago engaged in conversation with a fashionable French Abbe, upon a subject which the people of that kingdom love to start in discourse.
to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business
decentar • empezar • encentar • incoar
To begin, commence, initiate.
The President fired the gun to start the footrace.
The rain started at 9:00.
arrancar • rancar
To begin, commence, initiate.
to start the engine