começar

Galician

Verb

começar (first-person singular present começo, first-person singular preterite comecei, past participle começado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of comezar

Conjugation

References

  • começar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.me.ˈt͡saɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

começar

  1. to start

Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Galician: comezar
    • Portuguese: começar

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese começar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Compare Galician comezar. It has been supposed that the Portuguese form developed via an unattested *comẽeçar, but this appears unlikely.[1] The loss of /n/ was likely due to analogy with the synonym empeçar[2] (cf. Spanish comenzar, diphthongally influenced by empezar).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.meˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.meˈsa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.meˈsa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.meˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.meˈsa(χ)]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.meˈsa(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.mɨˈsaɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.mɨˈsa.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: co‧me‧çar

    Verb

    começar (first-person singular present começo, first-person singular preterite comecei, past participle começado)

    1. (intransitive) to start; to begin; to commence
      Synonyms: iniciar, principiar
      Antonyms: acabar, terminar
      Fique quieto, o filme já vai começar!Keep quiet, the movie is going to start soon!
    2. (transitive) to begin; to start to do
      Synonyms: iniciar, principiar
      Antonyms: acabar, terminar
      Vou começar a lição de inglês falando sobre verbos irregulares.I will start the English lesson talking about irregular verbs.
    3. (transitive) to start; to initiate (to cause something to begin)
      Synonyms: iniciar, inicializar
      Antonyms: acabar com, terminar, finalizar, fechar
      Aperte play para começar o vídeo.Press play to start the video.
      O acontecimento começou um debate sobre o crime.The occurrence started a debate about crime.
    4. (auxiliary with a or por (less common) and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to begin [to]
      Synonym: principiar
      Antonyms: terminar de, parar de
      Um pirralho começou a gritar.A brat began to scream / began screaming.
    5. (intransitive) to begin (to have a first experience)
      Synonym: principiar
      Antonym: terminar
      Não sei cozinhar ainda, mas comecei com alguns pratos simples.I don't know how to cook yet, but I started with some simple foods.

    Conjugation

    Quotations

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:começar.

    Descendants

    • Makalero: komesa (to start)

    References

    1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “comenzar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 157
    2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “comĭnĭtiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 944

    Further reading

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