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empezar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From en- + pieza, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *impettiāre.

Verb

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empezar (first-person singular indicative present empiezo, past participle empezáu)

  1. to begin, start
    Synonyms: entamar, apenzar, empecipiar, emprimar, aniciar, comenzar

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • empezar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “empezar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /empeˈθaɾ/ [em.peˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /empeˈsaɾ/ [em.peˈsaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: em‧pe‧zar

Verb

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empezar (first-person singular present empezo, first-person singular preterite empecei, past participle empezado)

  1. to begin, to start
    Synonym: comezar

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ pieza +‎ -ar. The underlying meanings is "to start", to consume something by breaking off a "piece" or by breaking it open.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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empezar (first-person singular present empiezo, first-person singular preterite empecé, past participle empezado)

  1. to start, begin, to get started
    Synonyms: comenzar, iniciar
    • 2015 August 11, Hope King, “Verizon quiere hacer que el internet sea 1.000 veces más rápido”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Una película de dos horas en alta definición tardaría 8 segundos en descargarse, 100 estudiantes podrían descargar un libro de texto en dos segundos simultáneamente, y subir 1.000 fotos también tomaría alrededor de dos segundos, dice Verizon. [] Recientemente, Comcast acaba de empezar a ofrecer el Internet más rápido del país a 2 gigabits por segundo el mes pasado.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to start [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales.
    He recently started eating vegetables.
  3. (intransitive) to start [with por (+ infinitive) ‘by doing something’]
    Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda.
    I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help.
  4. (intransitive) to start, to begin [with con ‘with’]
    En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ.
    In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ.
  5. (intransitive) to lead, to open [with con ‘with’]
  6. (reflexive) to be started

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: umpisa

Further reading

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