empezar
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
en- + pieza, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *impettiāre.
Verb[edit]
empezar (first-person singular indicative present empezo, past participle empezáu)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of empezar
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- empeçar (reintegrationist)
Verb[edit]
empezar (first-person singular present empezo, first-person singular preterite empecei, past participle empezado)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of empezar (c-z alternation)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “empezar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From en- + pieza + -ar, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *impettiāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /empeˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /empeˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧zar
Verb[edit]
empezar (first-person singular present empiezo, first-person singular preterite empecé, past participle empezado)
- to start, begin, to get started
- (transitive with a) to start to
- Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales.
- He recently started eating vegetables.
- (transitive with por) to start by; to start with
- Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda.
- I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help.
- En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ.
- In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ.
- (transitive with con) to lead with, to open with
- (reflexive) to be started
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of empezar (e-ie alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of empezar (e-ie alternation; c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
- empezar de cero
- empezar la casa por el tejado
- para empezar (“for starters, to start, to begin with, for one thing; to get started, for openers”)
- quien empieza ganando acaba llorando
- volver a empezar, empezar de nuevo (“to start over”)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “empezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “empezar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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