encetar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetí, past participle encetat)

1. to begin to consume

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Galician

Alternative forms

• encertar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encet”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enceptar, from Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ̃ɲ̞seˈtaɾ/, /ɪ̃ɲ̞seˈtaχ/.

Verb

1. to start, commence, initiate

Synonyms

• começar; iniciar.