No. 1,436 in Spanish
inicialmente
Initially.
In a sentence
Inicialmente, pensaba que el proyecto sería sencillo.
Initially, I thought the project would be straightforward.
Here, 'inicialmente' serves to introduce the timeframe of the speaker's initial thoughts or impressions.
Comenzamos la reunión discutiendo los objetivos inicialmente planeados.
We started the meeting by discussing the initially planned objectives.
'Inicialmente' modifies 'planeados' to describe the objectives as they were at the start or origin of the planning process.
Inicialmente, el sistema estaba configurado para ser automático.
Initially, the system was configured to be automatic.
In this context, 'inicialmente' indicates the initial state of the system's configuration before any changes.
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