comezar

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Galician

Alternative forms

  • começar (Medieval and Middle Galician spelling; reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese começar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Compare Portuguese começar.

Verb

comezar (first-person singular present comezo, first-person singular preterite comecei, past participle comezado)

  1. to start, begin, commence
    Synonyms: empezar, encetar, iniciar, principiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comezar (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal comezar
Personal comezar comezares comezar comezarmos comezardes comezaren
Gerund
comezando
Past participle
Masculine comezado comezados
Feminine comezada comezadas
Indicative
Present comezo comezas comeza comezamos comezades comezan
Imperfect comezaba comezabas comezaba comezabamos comezabades comezaban
Preterite comecei comezaches comezou comezamos comezastes comezaron
Pluperfect comezara comezaras comezara comezaramos comezarades comezaran
Future comezarei comezarás comezará comezaremos comezaredes comezarán
Conditional comezaría comezarías comezaría comezariamos comezariades comezarían
Subjunctive
Present comece comeces comece comecemos comecedes comecen
Imperfect comezase comezases comezase comezásemos comezásedes comezasen
Future comezar comezares comezar comezarmos comezardes comezaren
Imperative
Affirmative comeza comece comecemos comezade comecen
Negative (non) non comeces non comece non comecemos non comecedes non comecen

Related terms

Further reading

References

  • “começar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “começ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “comezar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “comezar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “comezar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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