comenzar
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Verb[edit]
comenzar (first-person singular indicative present comienzo, past participle comenzáu)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of comenzar
Related terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
comenzar (first-person singular present comenzo, first-person singular preterite comencei, past participle comenzado)
- Alternative form of comezar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of comenzar (c-z alternation)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish començar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Did not show diphthongized conjugations in early medieval texts; their later appearance seems to reflect analogy with the synonym empezar.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /komenˈθaɾ/ [ko.mẽn̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /komenˈsaɾ/ [ko.mẽnˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧men‧zar
Verb[edit]
comenzar (first-person singular present comienzo, first-person singular preterite comencé, past participle comenzado)
- to begin, to commence
- Synonym: empezar
- 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.
- Usted puede comenzar.
- You may commence.
Conjugation[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Papiamentu: kuminsá
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “comenzar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 157
Further reading[edit]
- “comenzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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