Masculine

início

Sentences

A velocidade é lenta no início , mas aumentará progressivamente a cada minuto .

The speed is slow at first, but will progressively increase with each minute.

Meaning

beginning (initial portion of some extended thing)

jump-off

starting time

Opposite of

conclusão, encerramento, fim, finalização, término

έναρξη

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iˈni.si.u/

Borrowed from Latin

initium

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineō (“go in, make a start”), from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).

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