começar do zero

start from scratch

→ começar
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start from scratch Used when beginning again with nothing or no progress to build on.
PO: Depois de perder o emprego, ela decidiu começar do zero em outra cidade.
EN: After losing her job, she decided to start from scratch in another city.

Vou começar do zero.

I'm going to start from scratch.

— Des vents contraires (2011)

Perdemos tudo e tivemos que começar do zero.

We lost everything and had to start from scratch.

Eles tiveram que começar do zero.

They had to start from scratch.

Vamos começar do zero.

Let's start from scratch.

— Justiça Artificial (2026)

Começar do zero.

Start from scratch.

— Os Caras Malvados (2022)