cominciare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.minˈt͡ʃa.re/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: co‧min‧cià‧re
Verb
cominciàre (first-person singular present comìncio, first-person singular past historic cominciài, past participle cominciàto, auxiliary (transitive, also rarely intransitive when followed by a complement or adverb) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, intransitive) to begin, to start, to commence, to set about
- Synonyms: incominciare, iniziare, (dated, regional) principiare
- Antonym: finire
- è/ha cominciato bene ― it started well
Conjugation
Conjugation of cominciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also rarely intransitive when followed by a complement or adverb.
2Intransitive.
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