start out

empezar, comenzar

Empezar una actividad o dar los primeros pasos en el trabajo o en la vida.

En inglés sencillo: To begin an activity or enter the first stage of your work or life.

• We started out with little money.
• She started out teaching children.
• Did you start out as a waiter?

Cómo se usa: start out as someone (She started out as a nurse.); start out doing something (He started out selling fruit.)

Sinónimos: begin, start

Antónimos: finish

Expresiones frecuentes: start out small, start out as someone, start out doing something

salir de repente, surgir de pronto

Salir de repente de un lugar o aparecer desde un sitio oculto.

En inglés sencillo: To suddenly move out from a place or appear from somewhere hidden.

• A fox started out from the bushes.
• Two men started out from the shadows and blocked the path.
• She cried out when a figure started out of the doorway.

Cómo se usa: start out from something (A figure started out from behind the curtain.)

Sinónimos: jump out, spring out, emerge

Expresiones frecuentes: start out suddenly, start out from somewhere, figures start out

destacar, resaltar

Hacerse fácil de notar por la forma, el color o el contraste con lo que hay alrededor.

En inglés sencillo: To become easy to notice because of a clear shape, colour, or difference from the surroundings.

• The red letters start out clearly.
• As the light changed, the carved figures started out against the wall.
• The mountain's outline started out sharply against the pale sky.

Cómo se usa: start out against something (The white letters started out against the dark stone.)

Sinónimos: stand out, become conspicuous

Expresiones frecuentes: start out clearly, start out sharply, features start out