Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to begin with
Spanish translation:
presente de antemano
Added to glossary by
claudia16 (X)
Dec 2, 2009 14:50
14 yrs ago
3 viewers *
English term
to begin with
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
General
If there was no contamination in the drain to begin with, as indicated by inoculated sets for both 4 h and 24 h, there was no translocation from the drain.
¡Se agradece toda propuesta que puedan hacer!
María Teresa
¡Se agradece toda propuesta que puedan hacer!
María Teresa
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +6 | presente de antemano |
claudia16 (X)
|
| 5 +2 | en un principio |
Ana Juliá
|
| 4 +3 | para empezar |
Javi Martín
|
| 5 | de un principio |
Henry Hinds
|
| 4 | desde el comienzo, desde el principio |
spoupeau
|
Change log
Dec 9, 2009 12:51: claudia16 (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+6
3 mins
claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
Spanish
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
:
23
Selected
presente de antemano
x
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "¡Mil gracias!"
+2
7 mins
en un principio
en un principio
40 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
72
de un principio
If there was no contamination in the drain to begin with = Si no existía contaminación en la cloaca de un principio
+3
2 hrs
Javi Martín
Native in Spanish
English-Spanish-English multi-area
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
para empezar
Es mi manera de verlo.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Rengifo
: Si para empezar no hubiera contaminación...
4 hrs
|
|
Gracias Vicky
|
|
| agree |
Virginia Dominguez
11 hrs
|
|
Gracias Virginia
|
|
| agree |
Gemma Sanza Porcar
: Un abrazo, Gemma
1 day 16 hrs
|
|
Muchas gracias Gemma :))
|
1 day 12 hrs
desde el comienzo, desde el principio
Aquí la idea de 'para comenzar' está representada con una expresión que indica que antes de decidirnos a investigar, la contaminación existía o no
Something went wrong...