cominciarono a

began to

→ cominciare
phrase Uncommon #19,229
began to Used before an infinitive to say that a group of people began doing something.
IT: Cominciarono a cantare.
EN: They began to sing.

Cominciarono a parlare.

They started talking.

Appena che la videro, cominciarono a fare il chiasso.

As soon as they saw her, they started making a racket.

Tom e Mary cominciarono a ballare.

Tom and Mary began to dance.

Sia Tom che Mary cominciarono a ridere.

Both Tom and Mary started laughing.

All'improvviso grosse gocce di pioggia cominciarono a cadere dal cielo scuro.

Suddenly, large raindrops began to fall from the dark sky.

Cominciarono a gridare che eravamo ladri di Starlanding.

They started shouting that we were Starlanding thieves.

Tom e Mary cominciarono a parlare in contemporanea.

Tom and Mary began talking at the same time.

Nelle settimane seguenti, al villaggio cominciarono a circolare delle voci.

In the weeks that followed, rumors began to circulate in the village.

— Il nastro bianco (2009)

I miei genitori cominciarono a preoccuparsi.

My parents started to worry.

All'improvviso cominciarono a ridere.

Suddenly, they started laughing.

Cominciarono a togliersi i vestiti.

They began to take off their clothes.

Cominciarono a ballare.

They started dancing.

Tom e Mary cominciarono a litigare.

Tom and Mary started arguing.

Le sue guance cominciarono a brillare di vergogna.

Her cheeks began to glow with shame.

Arrivò l'autunno e le foglie cominciarono a cadere.

Autumn arrived, and the leaves began to fall.