initial

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈnɪʃəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈnɪʃəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i nish′əl)

Inflections of 'initial' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
initials
v 3rd person singular
initialling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
initialing
v pres p (US)
initialled
v past (Mainly UK)
initialed
v past (US)
initialled
v past p (Mainly UK)
initialed
v past p (US)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
initial n (first letter of given name)inicial nf
 Harriet Bell is an author who writes under her surname and first initial: H. Bell.
 Harriet Bell es un autor que escribe bajo su apellido y primera inicial H. Bell.
initials npl (first letters of name)iniciales nfpl
 Kate signed the painting with her initials: "KET".
 Kate firmó el cuadro con sus iniciales: "KET".
initial adj (first)inicial adj mf
  primero/a adj
 After getting over the initial shock, Ben was glad that he was going to be a father.
 Después de sobreponerse a la impresión inicial, Ben estaba contento porque iba a ser padre.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
initial n (medical: cell)célula nf
 Vincent spent years conducting research on how to grow an organ out of an initial in a lab.
 Vincent pasó años dirigiendo una investigación en el laboratorio sobre cómo hacer crecer un órgano a partir de una célula.
initial n (manuscript: first letter)inicial nf
 The old manuscript was illuminated, and every chapter was headed by an intricate initial.
 El viejo manuscrito estaba ilustrado, y cada capítulo estaba encabezado por una intrincada inicial.
initials npl (acronym)iniciales nfpl
  siglas nfpl
 Jim used the initials of each word to make an acronym.
 Jim usaba las iniciales de cada palabra para hacer un acrónimo.
initial [sth]⇒ vtr (sign with initials)firmar con las iniciales loc verb
  poner las iniciales loc verb
 The customs official initialed the paperwork and let the box through.
 El oficial de aduanas firmó con las iniciales el documento y dejó pasar la caja.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
drop capital,
dropped capital,
drop initial,
dropped initial n		 (large capital letter)letra capital loc nom f
  letra capitular loc nom f
  capitular nf
initial appearance n (law: first proceeding)primera comparecencia loc nom f
initial expenses npl (starting costs)inversión inicial nf
 Es un buen negocio y no requiere una inversión inicial excesivamente alta.
initial rhyme (poetry)rima inicial loc nom f
middle initial n (first letter of middle name)inicial del medio nf + loc adj
 My brother and I have different middle initials: his full initials are MJK and mine are MSK.
 Mi hermano y yo tenemos la inicial del medio diferente: sus iniciales son MJK y las mías son MSK.
  inicial del segundo nombre nf + loc adj
 Mi hermano y yo tenemos la inicial del segundo nombre diferente: sus iniciales son MJK y las mías son MSK.
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'initial' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
basic fee - basic training - capitalize - early days - early history - early period - early phase - early stage - early years - face amount - first instance - first step - first thing - flavor - get the jump on - get to first base - get your foot in the door - in alphabetical order - inaugural - inceptive - inchoative - incipience - initiatory - opening balance - preliminary design - preliminary evaluation - preliminary examination - preliminary hearing - preliminary step - preliminary study - preparatory study - prime - running start - shakedown - slip opinion - teething problems
Spanish:
sigla - originario - preliminar - abreboca - documento original - enganche - error de origen - inicial - previo - primeros pasos

Collocations: please write your initials [here, on the line, next to the "X"], please put your initials [here], marked it with my initials, more...

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