principiar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From princípio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pi‧ar

Verb

principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principiei, past participle principiado)

  1. (transitive) to initiate (to cause something to start)
    Synonyms: iniciar, começou
  2. (intransitive) to begin; to start; to commence
    Synonyms: iniciar, começou

Conjugation

    Conjugation of principiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal principiar
Personal principiar principiares principiar principiarmos principiardes principiarem
Gerund
principiando
Past participle
Masculine principiado principiados
Feminine principiada principiadas
Indicative
Present principio principias principia principiamos principiais principiam
Imperfect principiava principiavas principiava principiávamos principiáveis principiavam
Preterite principiei principiaste principiou principiamos1, principiámos2 principiastes principiaram
Pluperfect principiara principiaras principiara principiáramos principiáreis principiaram
Future principiarei principiarás principiará principiaremos principiareis principiarão
Conditional principiaria principiarias principiaria principiaríamos principiaríeis principiariam
Subjunctive
Present principie principies principie principiemos principieis principiem
Imperfect principiasse principiasses principiasse principiássemos principiásseis principiassem
Future principiar principiares principiar principiarmos principiardes principiarem
Imperative
Affirmative principia principie principiemos principiai principiem
Negative (não) não principies não principie não principiemos não principieis não principiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin principiare, from princeps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾinθiˈpjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾinsiˈpjaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: prin‧ci‧piar

Verb

principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principié, past participle principiado)

  1. (transitive) to begin

Conjugation

    Conjugation of principiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive principiar
gerund principiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular principiado principiada
plural principiados principiadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present principio principiastú
principiásvos 		principia principiamos principiáis principian
imperfect principiaba principiabas principiaba principiábamos principiabais principiaban
preterite principié principiaste principió principiamos principiasteis principiaron
future principiaré principiarás principiará principiaremos principiaréis principiarán
conditional principiaría principiarías principiaría principiaríamos principiaríais principiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present principie principiestú
principiésvos2 		principie principiemos principiéis principien
imperfect
(ra) 		principiara principiaras principiara principiáramos principiarais principiaran
imperfect
(se) 		principiase principiases principiase principiásemos principiaseis principiasen
future1 principiare principiares principiare principiáremos principiareis principiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative principiatú
principiávos 		principie principiemos principiad principien
negative no principies no principie no principiemos no principiéis no principien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of principiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive principiar
dative principiarme principiarte principiarle, principiarse principiarnos principiaros principiarles, principiarse
accusative principiarme principiarte principiarlo, principiarla, principiarse principiarnos principiaros principiarlos, principiarlas, principiarse
with gerund principiando
dative principiándome principiándote principiándole, principiándose principiándonos principiándoos principiándoles, principiándose
accusative principiándome principiándote principiándolo, principiándola, principiándose principiándonos principiándoos principiándolos, principiándolas, principiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative principia
dative princípiame princípiate princípiale princípianos not used princípiales
accusative princípiame princípiate princípialo, princípiala princípianos not used princípialos, princípialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative principiá
dative principiame principiate principiale principianos not used principiales
accusative principiame principiate principialo, principiala principianos not used principialos, principialas
with formal second-person singular imperative principie
dative princípieme not used princípiele, princípiese princípienos not used princípieles
accusative princípieme not used princípielo, princípiela, princípiese princípienos not used princípielos, princípielas
with first-person plural imperative principiemos
dative not used principiémoste principiémosle principiémonos principiémoos principiémosles
accusative not used principiémoste principiémoslo, principiémosla principiémonos principiémoos principiémoslos, principiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative principiad
dative principiadme not used principiadle principiadnos principiaos principiadles
accusative principiadme not used principiadlo, principiadla principiadnos principiaos principiadlos, principiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative principien
dative princípienme not used princípienle princípiennos not used princípienles, princípiense
accusative princípienme not used princípienlo, princípienla princípiennos not used princípienlos, princípienlas, princípiense

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