🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

início

Pronunciation / Transliteration: início

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beginnings/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋz/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"No início do projeto, enfrentamos muitos desafios."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The point in time or space at which something starts.

    "At the beginnings of the project, we faced many challenges."
  2. 2

    The initial part or stage of something.

    "In the beginnings of her career, she worked tirelessly to establish herself."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'beginning' originates from the Old English 'beginnan', which means 'to begin'. It is derived from Proto-Germanic *gīnan, which has cognates in other Germanic languages. Over time, the term evolved to encompass the notion of the initial stages of an event or process.

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