encetar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.səˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.seˈtaɾ]

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetí, past participle encetat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to begin to consume, to open (a bottle, a tin, etc.)
2. to make the first slice, to cut into, to slice into
3. to broach (a subject), to initiate (a conversation)

   Tant sols hem encetat el tema i queden certament moltes possibilitats per explorar.

   We've only just broached the subject and there are certainly many possibilities left to explore.

4. to chafe

   Les etiquetes m'enceten la pell i em provoquen al·lèrgia.

   The tags chafe my skin and trigger my allergies.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encetar (first conjugation)

infinitive			encetar
gerund			encetant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encetat		encetada
		plural		encetats		encetades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enceto	encetes	enceta	encetem	enceteu	enceten
	imperfect	encetava	encetaves	encetava	encetàvem	encetàveu	encetaven
	future	encetaré	encetaràs	encetarà	encetarem	encetareu	encetaran
	preterite	encetí	encetares	encetà	encetàrem	encetàreu	encetaren
	conditional	encetaria	encetaries	encetaria	encetaríem	encetaríeu	encetarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enceti	encetis	enceti	encetem	enceteu	encetin
	imperfect	encetés	encetessis	encetés	encetéssim	encetéssiu	encetessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enceta	enceti	encetem	enceteu	encetin
	negative (no)	—	no encetis	no enceti	no encetem	no enceteu	no encetin

Derived terms

• encetall

Further reading

• “encetar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• encertar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar (13th century), from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Portuguese and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enθeˈtaɾ/, (western) /enseˈtaɾ/

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Iten sete touçinos et hun ençetado. Hun unto enteyro et outro ençetado.

     Item, seven pieces of bacon, plus one that is partly consumed. A whole piece of lard and another that is partly consumed.

   Synonym: comezar

2. to cut, to injure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encetar

	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	encetar
Personal	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetaren
Gerund
	encetando
Past participle
Masculine	encetado			encetados
Feminine	encetada			encetadas
Indicative
Present	enceto	encetas	enceta	encetamos	encetades	encetan
Imperfect	encetaba	encetabas	encetaba	encetabamos	encetabades	encetaban
Preterite	encetei	encetaches	encetou	encetamos	encetastes	encetaron
Pluperfect	encetara	encetaras	encetara	encetaramos	encetarades	encetaran
Future	encetarei	encetarás	encetará	encetaremos	encetaredes	encetarán
Conditional	encetaría	encetarías	encetaría	encetariamos	encetariades	encetarían
Subjunctive
Present	encete	encetes	encete	encetemos	encetedes	enceten
Imperfect	encetase	encetases	encetase	encetásemos	encetásedes	encetasen
Future	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetaren
Imperative
Affirmative		enceta	encete	encetemos	encetade	enceten
Negative (non)		non encetes	non encete	non encetemos	non encetedes	non enceten

    Reintegrated conjugation of encetar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	encetar
Personal	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetarem
Gerund
	encetando
Past participle
Masculine	encetado			encetados
Feminine	encetada			encetadas
Indicative
Present	enceto	encetas	enceta	encetamos	encetades, encetais	encetam
Imperfect	encetava	encetavas	encetava	encetávamos	encetávades, encetáveis, encetávais1	encetavam
Preterite	encetei	encetaste, encetache1	encetou	encetamos	encetastes	encetárom, encetaram
Pluperfect	encetara	encetaras	encetara	encetáramos	encetárades, encetáreis, encetárais1	encetaram
Future	encetarei	encetarás	encetará	encetaremos	encetaredes, encetareis	encetarám, encetarão
Conditional	encetaria	encetarias	encetaria	encetaríamos	encetaríades, encetaríeis, encetaríais1	encetariam
Subjunctive
Present	encete	encetes	encete	encetemos	encetedes, enceteis	encetem
Imperfect	encetasse	encetasses	encetasse	encetássemos	encetássedes, encetásseis	encetassem
Future	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enceta	encete	encetemos	encetade, encetai	encetem
Negative (nom)		nom encetes	nom encete	nom encetemos	nom encetedes, nom enceteis	nom encetem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encet”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “encetar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encetar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “encetar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “encetar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

encetar

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encetar

infinitive		simple		encetar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		encetando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		encetado		encetados
		feminine		encetada		encetadas
present participle				encetante		encetantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	enceto	encetas	enceta	encetamos	encetades	encetan
	imperfect	encetava	encetavas	encetava	encetavamos, encetávamos	encetavades, encetávades	encetavan
	preterite	encetei	encetaste, encetasche, encetache	encetou	encetamos	encetastes	encetaron
	pluperfect	encetara	encetaras	encetara	encetaramos, encetáramos	encetarades, encetárades	encetaran
	future	encetarei	encetarás	encetará	encetaremos	encetaredes	encetarán
	conditional	encetaria	encetarias	encetaria	encetariamos, encetaríamos	encetariades, encetaríades	encetarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	encete	encetes	encete	encetemos	encetedes	enceten
	preterite	encetasse	encetasses	encetasse	encetássemos	encetássedes	encetassen
	future	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	enceta	encete	encetemos	encetade	—
negative		—	non encetes	non encete	non encetemos	non encetedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetaren
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

• Galician: encetar
• Portuguese: encetar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "encetar"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Galician and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧ce‧tar

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start, commence, initiate

   Synonyms: começar, iniciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encetar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	encetar
Personal	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetarem
Gerund
	encetando
Past participle
Masculine	encetado			encetados
Feminine	encetada			encetadas
Indicative
Present	enceto	encetas	enceta	encetamos	encetais	encetam
Imperfect	encetava	encetavas	encetava	encetávamos	encetáveis	encetavam
Preterite	encetei	encetaste	encetou	encetamos1, encetámos2	encetastes	encetaram
Pluperfect	encetara	encetaras	encetara	encetáramos	encetáreis	encetaram
Future	encetarei	encetarás	encetará	encetaremos	encetareis	encetarão
Conditional	encetaria	encetarias	encetaria	encetaríamos	encetaríeis	encetariam
Subjunctive
Present	encete	encetes	encete	encetemos	enceteis	encetem
Imperfect	encetasse	encetasses	encetasse	encetássemos	encetásseis	encetassem
Future	encetar	encetares	encetar	encetarmos	encetardes	encetarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enceta	encete	encetemos	encetai	encetem
Negative (não)		não encetes	não encete	não encetemos	não enceteis	não encetem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enθeˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θeˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enseˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ce‧tar

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite enceté, past participle encetado)

1. Synonym of encentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encetar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			encetar
gerund			encetando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encetado		encetada
		plural		encetados		encetadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enceto	encetastú encetásvos	enceta	encetamos	encetáis	encetan
	imperfect	encetaba	encetabas	encetaba	encetábamos	encetabais	encetaban
	preterite	enceté	encetaste	encetó	encetamos	encetasteis	encetaron
	future	encetaré	encetarás	encetará	encetaremos	encetaréis	encetarán
	conditional	encetaría	encetarías	encetaría	encetaríamos	encetaríais	encetarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	encete	encetestú encetésvos2	encete	encetemos	encetéis	enceten
	imperfect (ra)	encetara	encetaras	encetara	encetáramos	encetarais	encetaran
	imperfect (se)	encetase	encetases	encetase	encetásemos	encetaseis	encetasen
	future1	encetare	encetares	encetare	encetáremos	encetareis	encetaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		encetatú encetávos	encete	encetemos	encetad	enceten
	negative		no encetes	no encete	no encetemos	no encetéis	no enceten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of encetar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive encetar
	dative	encetarme	encetarte	encetarle, encetarse	encetarnos	encetaros	encetarles, encetarse
	accusative	encetarme	encetarte	encetarlo, encetarla, encetarse	encetarnos	encetaros	encetarlos, encetarlas, encetarse
with gerund encetando
	dative	encetándome	encetándote	encetándole, encetándose	encetándonos	encetándoos	encetándoles, encetándose
	accusative	encetándome	encetándote	encetándolo, encetándola, encetándose	encetándonos	encetándoos	encetándolos, encetándolas, encetándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enceta
	dative	encétame	encétate	encétale	encétanos	not used	encétales
	accusative	encétame	encétate	encétalo, encétala	encétanos	not used	encétalos, encétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encetá
	dative	encetame	encetate	encetale	encetanos	not used	encetales
	accusative	encetame	encetate	encetalo, encetala	encetanos	not used	encetalos, encetalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encete
	dative	encéteme	not used	encétele, encétese	encétenos	not used	encételes
	accusative	encéteme	not used	encételo, encétela, encétese	encétenos	not used	encételos, encételas
with first-person plural imperative encetemos
	dative	not used	encetémoste	encetémosle	encetémonos	encetémoos	encetémosles
	accusative	not used	encetémoste	encetémoslo, encetémosla	encetémonos	encetémoos	encetémoslos, encetémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encetad
	dative	encetadme	not used	encetadle	encetadnos	encetaos	encetadles
	accusative	encetadme	not used	encetadlo, encetadla	encetadnos	encetaos	encetadlos, encetadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enceten
	dative	encétenme	not used	encétenle	encétennos	not used	encétenles, encétense
	accusative	encétenme	not used	encétenlo, encétenla	encétennos	not used	encétenlos, encétenlas, encétense

Further reading

• “encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014