Usages of o início
O árbitro apita no início e no fim do jogo.
The referee blows the whistle at the beginning and at the end of the match.
No início da aula, a professora pede silêncio.
At the beginning of the class, the teacher asks for silence.
A programadora mais velha diz que provavelmente todos cometem os mesmos erros no início.
The older programmer says that probably everyone makes the same mistakes at the beginning.
Não te esqueças da maiúscula no início da frase e da minúscula depois da vírgula.
Don’t forget the capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and the lowercase letter after the comma.
Se a matrícula estiver completa, eu passo a preocupar-me menos com o início do curso.
If the registration is complete, I start worrying less about the beginning of the course.
Test yourself: What does o início mean?
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