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comenzar

comenzar

Galician

Verb

comenzar

  1. Alternative form of comezar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Catalan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansch cumanzar.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ko.menˈθaɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ko.menˈsaɾ/

Verb

comenzar (first-person singular present comienzo, first-person singular preterite comencé, past participle comenzado)

  1. to begin
    Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante.
    I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book.
  2. to commence
    Usted puede comenzar.
    You may commence.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables; z changes to c before e.

Synonyms

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