comenzar

From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

comenzar (first-person singular indicative present comienzo, past participle comenzáu)

1. to begin, start

   Synonyms: entamar, apenzar, empecipiar, emprimar, aniciar, empezar

• comienzu

comenzar

1. Alternative form of comezar

From Old Spanish començar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Did not show diphthongized conjugations in early medieval texts; their later appearance seems to reflect analogy with the synonym empezar.[1]

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /komenˈθaɾ/ [ko.mẽn̟ˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /komenˈsaɾ/ [ko.mẽnˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧men‧zar

comenzar (first-person singular present comienzo, first-person singular preterite comencé, past participle comenzado)

1. to begin, to commence

   Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante.

   I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book.

   Usted puede comenzar.

   You may commence.

   Synonym: empezar

• “comenzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014