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kick off

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
kick off vi phrasal	(ball game: start play)	empezar⇒, comenzar⇒ vi
		iniciar⇒ vi
	The game will kick off at noon on Sunday.
	El partido empieza al mediodía del sábado.
kick off vi phrasal	figurative, slang (begin)	empezar⇒, comenzar⇒ vi
		iniciar⇒ vi
	The festivities will kick off this afternoon.
	Las fiestas empiezan esta tarde.
kick off vi phrasal	UK, figurative, slang (argument, fight: begin)	empezar⇒, comenzar⇒ vi
	Things kicked off when James accused Carl of stealing from him.
	Todo empezó (or: comenzó) cuando James acusó a Carl de robarle.
kick off vi phrasal	UK, figurative, slang (person: become argumentative)	hacer berrinche loc verb
	(figurado, coloquial)	patalear⇒ vi
	Ian kicked off when he realized he wasn't going to get his own way.
	Ian hizo un berrinche cuando se dio cuenta de que no se saldría con la suya.
kick off at [sb] v expr	UK, figurative, slang (become angry with) (coloquial)	hacerle un escándalo a loc verb
		hacerle un berrinche a loc verb
	My ex kicked off at me when I said he couldn't keep borrowing my car whenever he liked after we split up.
	Mi ex me hizo un escándalo cuando le dije que no podía llevarse el auto cuando quisiera después de separarnos.
kick [sth] off vtr phrasal sep	figurative, slang (begin)	empezar⇒, comenzar⇒ vtr
		iniciar⇒ vtr
	They are going to kick off the new season with a big party.
	Van a comenzar la nueva temporada con un gran festejo.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
kickoff (US), kick-off (UK) n	(soccer)	saque nm
	The away team scored the first goal almost immediately after the kickoff.
	El equipo visitante hizo el primer gol casi inmediatamente después del saque.
kickoff (US), kick-off (UK) n	(American football)	patada inicial nf + adj
		primera patada loc nom f
	At the kickoff, the home team took control of the field.
	En la patada inicial, el equipo local controlaba el campo.
kickoff (US), kick-off (UK) n	figurative, informal (start, beginning)	comienzo nm
		inicio nm
	Tonight is the campaign kickoff.
	Hoy es el comienzo de la campaña.

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