encetar

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetí, past participle encetat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to begin to consume, to open (a bottle, a tin, etc.)
2. to make the first slice, to cut into, to slice into
3. to broach (a subject), to initiate (a conversation)

   Tant sols hem encetat el tema i queden certament moltes possibilitats per explorar.

   We've only just broached the subject and there are certainly many possibilities left to explore.

4. to chafe

   Les etiquetes m'enceten la pell i em provoquen al·lèrgia.

   The tags chafe my skin and trigger my allergies.

• encetall

• “encetar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• encertar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar (13th century), from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Portuguese and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

• IPA^(key): /enθeˈtaɾ/, (western) /enseˈtaɾ/

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Iten sete touçinos et hun ençetado. Hun unto enteyro et outro ençetado.

     Item, seven pieces of bacon, plus one that is partly consumed. A whole piece of lard and another that is partly consumed.

   Synonym: comezar

2. to cut, to injure

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encet”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “encetar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encetar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “encetar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “encetar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”)

• Rhymes: -aɾ

encetar

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc

• Galician: encetar
• Portuguese: encetar

• Universo Cantigas - "encetar"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Galician and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

• Hyphenation: en‧ce‧tar

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. (transitive) to start, commence, initiate

   Synonyms: começar, iniciar

   Encetar negociações.

   Initiate negotiations.

2. (transitive) to open, to start (a package)

   Synonym: (Portugal, regional) encertar

   Encetar um pacote de bolachas.

   Start a pack of cookies.

3. (transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food)

   Synonym: (Portugal, regional) encertar

   Encetar um melão.

   Cut open a melon.

4. (pronominal) Do for the first time.

   Synonym: estrear

   Ele vai encetar-se no mundo da música com o seu primeiro álbum.

   He will debut in the music world with his first album.

5. (pronominal) Be the first to do something.

   Synonym: experimentar

   Ele encetou a reunião. Ele encetou-a.

   He started the meeting. He started it.

• enxertar

• “encetar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “encetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enθeˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enseˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ce‧tar

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite enceté, past participle encetado)

1. Synonym of encentar

• “encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10