començar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Occitan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansch cumanzar, Spanish comenzar, Galician comezar.

Pronunciation

Verb

començar (first-person singular present començo, first-person singular preterite comencí, past participle començat)

  1. to begin, to start

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading


Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan començar, comensar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Catalan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansch cumanzar, Spanish comenzar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

començar

  1. to begin, to start
    Synonym: entamenar

Conjugation


Old Occitan

Verb

començar

  1. Alternative form of comensar

Descendants

  • Occitan: començar