comenzar
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō.
Verb
comenzar (first-person singular indicative present comienzo, past participle comenzáu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of comenzar
Related terms
Galician
Verb
comenzar
- Alternative form of comezar
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish començar, 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, English commence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /komenˈθaɾ/ [ko.mẽn̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /komenˈsaɾ/ [ko.mẽnˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Verb
comenzar (first-person singular present comienzo, first-person singular preterite comencé, past participle comenzado)
- to begin
- Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante. ― I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book.
- Synonym: empezar
- to commence
- Usted puede comenzar. ― You may commence.
Conjugation
Conjugation of comenzar (e-ie alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of comenzar (e-ie alternation; c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “comenzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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