començar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ku.mənˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.mənˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.menˈsaɾ]
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Verb

començar (first-person singular present començo, first-person singular preterite comencí, past participle començat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

  1. (transitive) to begin, to start something
    han començat les obresthey started the works
  2. (intransitive) to begin, to start happening something
    quan comença la festawhen the party start
  3. to begin, to start doing [with a (+ infinitive)]
    quan comenci a xerrarwhen he/she begins to talk
  4. (impersonal) to begin, to start happening [with a (+ infinitive)]
    ha començat a ploureit started raining

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • coumençar (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

From Old Occitan començar, comensar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

començar

  1. to begin, to start
    Synonym: entamenar

Conjugation

Old Occitan

Verb

començar

  1. alternative form of comensar

Descendants

  • Occitan: començar