començar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan començar, comensar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Occitan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansch cumanzar, Spanish comenzar.

Verb

començar (first-person singular present començo, past participle començat)

  1. to begin
  2. to start

Conjugation

References


Occitan

Alternative forms

  • coumençar (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan començar, comensar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Catalan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansch cumanzar, Spanish comenzar.

Verb

començar

  1. to begin
  2. to start

Old Occitan

Verb

començar

  1. Alternative form of comensar

Descendants

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