comezar

Galician

Alternative forms

• começar (Medieval and Middle Galician spelling; reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese começar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Compare Portuguese começar.

Verb

comezar (first-person singular present comezo, first-person singular preterite comecei, past participle comezado)

1. to start, begin, commence

   Synonyms: empezar, encetar, iniciar, principiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comezar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	comezar
Personal	comezar	comezares	comezar	comezarmos	comezardes	comezaren
Gerund
	comezando
Past participle
Masculine	comezado			comezados
Feminine	comezada			comezadas
Indicative
Present	comezo	comezas	comeza	comezamos	comezades	comezan
Imperfect	comezaba	comezabas	comezaba	comezabamos	comezabades	comezaban
Preterite	comecei	comezaches	comezou	comezamos	comezastes	comezaron
Pluperfect	comezara	comezaras	comezara	comezaramos	comezarades	comezaran
Future	comezarei	comezarás	comezará	comezaremos	comezaredes	comezarán
Conditional	comezaría	comezarías	comezaría	comezariamos	comezariades	comezarían
Subjunctive
Present	comece	comeces	comece	comecemos	comecedes	comecen
Imperfect	comezase	comezases	comezase	comezásemos	comezásedes	comezasen
Future	comezar	comezares	comezar	comezarmos	comezardes	comezaren
Imperative
Affirmative		comeza	comece	comecemos	comezade	comecen
Negative (non)		non comeces	non comece	non comecemos	non comecedes	non comecen

Related terms

• comezo

Further reading

• “comezar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “começar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “começ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comezar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comezar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comezar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN