principio

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beginning

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principio
masculine noun
1 beginning, start (comienzo)
  • el principio del fin -> the beginning of the end
  • del principio al fin, desde el principio hasta el fin -> from beginning to end, from start to finish
  • a principios de -> at the beginning of
  • al principio -> at first, in the beginning
  • en principio quedamos en hacer una reunión el jueves -> provisionally o unless you hear otherwise, we've arranged to meet on Thursday
  • en un principio -> at first
2 principle (fundamento, ley)
  • en principio -> in principle
  • por principio -> on principle
3 origin, source (origen)
4 element (elemento)
  • principio activo -> active ingredient
also:
  • principios -> principles; (reglas de conducta) rudiments, first principles (nociones)

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principio [prin-thee’-pe-o]
noun
1 Beginning (comienzo), commencement. (m)
2 Principle, element, constituent part. (m)
3 Principle, original cause; ground of action, motive; origin (origen), fountain. (m)
4 Principle, first position, fundamental truth. (m)
5 Principle, first on which morality is founded (moral). (m)
6 Any of the courses served up at table besides the boiled meat. (m)
7 An element or body not decomposable by means now at command. (Chemistry) (m)
  • Principios, the preliminaries to a volume, as license, approbation, dedication, etc. Al principi -> or a los principios, at the beginning
  • Del principio al fin -> from beginning to end
  • Bajo el mismo principio -> on the same ground
  • A principios del mes -> early in the month

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principio
sustantivo:masculino
1 (comienzo) beginning
al principio at first; in the beginning
a principios de
a principios del verano at the beginning of the summer; early in the summer; desde el principio from the first; from the outset; desde el principio hasta el fin from start to finish; from beginning to end; en un principio at first; to start with; dar principio a algo to start sth off; tener principio en algo to start from sth; be based on sth
2 principios (nociones) rudiments; first notions
"Principios de física" "Introduction to Physics"; "Outline of Physics"
3 (norma) principle
persona de principios man of principles; en principio in principle; por principio on principle; es inmoral por principio it is immoral in principle; sin principios unprincipled; el principio de la legalidad the force of law; the rule of law
4 (Filosofía) principle
5 (Química) element; constituent
6 (Culin) entrée

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