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== Aragonese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin initiāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iniˈθja(ɾ)/ IPA(key): /iniˈsja(ɾ)/ (Benasquese) Syllabification: i‧ni‧ciar Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === iniciar (transitive) to start, begin Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, principiar, prencipiar, emprincipiar, emprencipiar (transitive) to initiate ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also començar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.ni.siˈa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [i.ni.siˈaɾ] Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar === Verb === iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicií, past participle iniciat) (transitive) to start, begin Synonym: començar (transitive) to initiate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “iniciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “iniciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “iniciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “iniciar”, 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 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈnɪ.ki.ar] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈniː.t͡ʃi.ar] === Verb === iniciar first-person singular future passive indicative of iniciō == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also começar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar === Verb === iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite iniciei, past participle iniciado) (transitive) to start, begin, initiate Synonym: começar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== iniciação === Further reading === “iniciar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “iniciar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “iniciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “iniciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “iniciar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “iniciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also comenzar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iniˈθjaɾ/ [i.niˈθjaɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /iniˈsjaɾ/ [i.niˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: i‧ni‧ciar === Verb === iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicié, past participle iniciado) (transitive) to begin; to initiate Synonym: comenzar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “iniciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025