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cominciare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ko.minˈt͡ʃa.re/
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    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: co‧min‧cià‧re

    Verb

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    cominciàre (first-person singular present comìncio, first-person singular past historic cominciài, past participle cominciàto, auxiliary (transitive, also rarely intransitive when followed by a complement or adverb) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

    1. (ambitransitive) to begin, to start, to commence, to set about
      Alternative form: (apocopic) cominciar
      Synonyms: incominciare, iniziare, (dated, regional) principiare
      Antonym: finire
      è/ha cominciato beneit started well

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