començar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.mənˈsa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.mənˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.menˈsaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ko.menˈsa] === Verb === començar (first-person singular present començo, first-person singular preterite comencí, past participle començat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to begin, to start something han començat les obres ― they started the works (intransitive) to begin, to start happening something quan comença la festa ― when the party start to begin, to start doing [with a (+ infinitive)] quan comenci a xerrar ― when he/she begins to talk (impersonal) to begin, to start happening [with a (+ infinitive)] ha començat a ploure ― it started raining ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “començar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “començar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “començar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “començar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Occitan == === Alternative forms === coumençar (Mistralian spelling) === Etymology === From Old Occitan començar, comensar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === començar to begin, to start Synonym: entamenar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Occitan == === Verb === començar alternative form of comensar ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: començar