The French word début came to our language as debut . The term refers to the first participation or performance of a person in a certain activity. In other words: the debut represents the first time of carrying out an action.
For example: "The debut of the Uruguayan striker will take place next Tuesday" , "The young Spaniard presented his debut album a year ago" , "Yesterday I had my debut at a corporate meeting of the company" .
The first match that an athlete or a team plays in a tournament is called their debut. The debut of the German soccer team in the 2014 World Cup , to cite one case, was against Portugal ; He then played another six games to become champion.
At the sporting level, debut is also known as someone's first professional game. Cristiano Ronaldo 's debut in the First Division came in 2002 , playing for Sporting Lisbon .
Thus, for example, it can be said that Lionel Messi's debut with FC Barcelona was on October 16, 2004 and he did so, when he was 17 years old, in a match that pitted the culé team against Espanyol in the latter's field, The Lluis Companys of Montjuic. That was the beginning of what is considered the best player in the world.
When an artist arrives in a country for the first time to perform in public, he or she has his or her debut in that territory. The Rolling Stones ' debut in Argentina took place in 1995 : the band had never performed in Argentine territory before.
On the other hand, the first performance of a theatrical work is called debut. A group of actors may have rehearsed a play for two months until, one night, they present it to the audience: that performance marks the debut of the work in question.
The idea of debut, finally, can refer to the first sexual relationship that a person has: "My debut was when I was 19 with my partner at the time."
In addition to everything indicated, we cannot ignore that "Debut" is the title of the first record album by the famous Icelandic singer Björk. It was published in July 1993 and is basically a song about love.
It included songs that "drank" from different musical styles, among which "Human behavior", "Venus as a boy", "Big time sensuality", "Violently happy" or "Play dead" stood out.
It managed to sell 5,400,000 copies worldwide and was produced by both the artist herself and Nellee Hooper.
In relation to the term in question we find the so-called Debutante Ball, which is held every year in Paris and which has become one of the most exclusive events. It has its origins in 18th century England and basically consists of "introducing to society" young people, between 16 and 22 years old, who are important for their achievements or simply for being daughters, granddaughters or nieces of someone relevant or well-known. A party in which they will have another young companion.