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.
Phrases
Delaware starta standing startalpine startblack startbump-startby fits and startsby starts and leapscold startdown startfalse startflying startfor a startfresh startheadstarthill startjackrabbit startjumpstartkick startkickstartmass startmulti-startnight startone-startpull startpush-startquality startrecoil startrolling startshotgun startsleep startstanding startstart codonstart keystart pagestart timestart to finishstop-startthe starttwo-startwarm start
Word forms
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
Phrases
astartbump-startget in the boat and start rowingkick startnever start a land war in Asiapush-startself-startingstart a familystart a fresh harestart a harestart a hare runningstart afreshstart backstart back instart back onstart from where you arestart instart in onstart intostart on atstart overstart the ball rollingstart up onstart with a clean sheetstart with a clean sheet of paperstart with a clean slatestart-upstarterstarting postto start withwhen the looting starts, the shooting starts