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empezar, comenzar

Comenzar a trabajar en algo, o empezar a usar o tomar algo.

En inglés sencillo: To begin working on something, or begin using or taking something.

• Let's start on dinner.
• He started on his homework after school.
• The doctor has started me on a new treatment.

Cómo se usa: start on something (I'll start on the report after lunch.); start someone on something (The doctor started her on a new medicine.)

Sinónimos: begin, set about

Antónimos: finish

Expresiones frecuentes: start on something, start on homework, start on treatment

empezar a criticar, meterse con

Comenzar a criticar a alguien, a menudo con enfado o de forma insistente.

En inglés sencillo: To begin criticizing someone, often angrily or repeatedly.

• Don't start on me again.
• She started on him about his spending.
• Why do you always start on her when she's tired?

Cómo se usa: start on someone about something (Dad started on me about my messy room.)

Sinónimos: criticize, nag, have a go at

Expresiones frecuentes: start on someone, start on me

empezar a hablar de, empezar a quejarse de

Comenzar a hablar o a quejarse de un tema, normalmente durante mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To begin talking or complaining about a subject, often for a long time.

• Don't start me on taxes.
• He started on his favorite topic and talked for hours.
• Once you start her on schools, she won't stop complaining.

Cómo se usa: start someone on something (Don't start him on parking fees; he'll complain for hours.); start on something (Once she starts on politics, nobody else gets a turn.)

Sinónimos: launch into, go on about

Expresiones frecuentes: start on politics, start on something