No. 343 in Italian
inizio
"Beginning" or "start."
In a sentence
All'inizio del film, c'era un prologo molto interessante.
At the beginning of the movie, there was a very interesting prologue.
Here, 'inizio' is used in its nominal form to indicate a temporal beginning or start.
Iniziamo il progetto domani mattina.
We start the project tomorrow morning.
In this sentence, 'inizio' is a verb form (iniziare), indicating the action of starting.
L'inizio della primavera porta giornate più lunghe.
The beginning of spring brings longer days.
Again as a noun, 'inizio' represents the starting point of a period of time, specifically the season of spring.
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