empezar
Asturian
Etymology
en- + pieza, possibly through a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. root *impettiāre.
Verb
empezar (first-person singular indicative present empezo, past participle empezáu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of empezar
Galician
Verb
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Conjugation
Synonyms
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Further reading
- “empezar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + pieza + -ar, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *impettiāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- to start, begin, to get started
- Synonyms: comenzar, iniciar
- (with a) to start to
- Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales.
- He recently started eating vegetables.
- (with por) to start by; to start with
- Sugiero que empecemos por reconecer 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.
- (with con) to lead with, to open with
- (reflexive) to be started
Conjugation
Derived terms
- 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
Further reading
- “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