comenzar
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Conjugation
Conjugation of comenzar
Related terms
Galician
Verb
comenzar (first-person singular present comenzo, first-person singular preterite comencei, past participle comenzado)
- Alternative form of comezar
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish començar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Did not show diphthongized conjugations in early medieval texts; their later appearance seems to reflect analogy with the synonym empezar.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /komenˈθaɾ/ [ko.mẽn̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /komenˈsaɾ/ [ko.mẽnˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧men‧zar
Verb
comenzar (first-person singular present comienzo, first-person singular preterite comencé, past participle comenzado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive comenzar | |||||||
dative | comenzarme | comenzarte | comenzarle, comenzarse | comenzarnos | comenzaros | comenzarles, comenzarse | |
accusative | comenzarme | comenzarte | comenzarlo, comenzarla, comenzarse | comenzarnos | comenzaros | comenzarlos, comenzarlas, comenzarse | |
with gerund comenzando | |||||||
dative | comenzándome | comenzándote | comenzándole, comenzándose | comenzándonos | comenzándoos | comenzándoles, comenzándose | |
accusative | comenzándome | comenzándote | comenzándolo, comenzándola, comenzándose | comenzándonos | comenzándoos | comenzándolos, comenzándolas, comenzándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative comienza | |||||||
dative | comiénzame | comiénzate | comiénzale | comiénzanos | not used | comiénzales | |
accusative | comiénzame | comiénzate | comiénzalo, comiénzala | comiénzanos | not used | comiénzalos, comiénzalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative comenzá | |||||||
dative | comenzame | comenzate | comenzale | comenzanos | not used | comenzales | |
accusative | comenzame | comenzate | comenzalo, comenzala | comenzanos | not used | comenzalos, comenzalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative comience | |||||||
dative | comiénceme | not used | comiéncele, comiéncese | comiéncenos | not used | comiénceles | |
accusative | comiénceme | not used | comiéncelo, comiéncela, comiéncese | comiéncenos | not used | comiéncelos, comiéncelas | |
with first-person plural imperative comencemos | |||||||
dative | not used | comencémoste | comencémosle | comencémonos | comencémoos | comencémosles | |
accusative | not used | comencémoste | comencémoslo, comencémosla | comencémonos | comencémoos | comencémoslos, comencémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative comenzad | |||||||
dative | comenzadme | not used | comenzadle | comenzadnos | comenzaos | comenzadles | |
accusative | comenzadme | not used | comenzadlo, comenzadla | comenzadnos | comenzaos | comenzadlos, comenzadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative comiencen | |||||||
dative | comiéncenme | not used | comiéncenle | comiéncennos | not used | comiéncenles, comiéncense | |
accusative | comiéncenme | not used | comiéncenlo, comiéncenla | comiéncennos | not used | comiéncenlos, comiéncenlas, comiéncense |
Descendants
- Papiamentu: kuminsá
References
- 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
Further reading
- “comenzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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