comezar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • começar (Medieval and Middle Galician spelling; reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese começar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. For the phonetic evolution, compare Somoza.

Verb

comezar (first-person singular present comezo, first-person singular preterite comecei, past participle comezado)

  1. to start, begin, commence
    Synonyms: empezar, encetar, iniciar, principiar

Conjugation
  • Note: comez- are changed to comec- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of comezar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal comezar
personal comezar comezares comezar comezarmos comezardes comezaren
Gerund
comezando
Past participle singular plural
masculine comezado comezados
feminine comezada comezadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present comezo comezas comeza comezamos comezades comezan
imperfect comezaba comezabas comezaba comezabamos comezabades comezaban
preterite comecei comezaches comezou comezamos comezastes comezaron
pluperfect comezara comezaras comezara comezaramos comezarades comezaran
future comezarei comezarás comezará comezaremos comezaredes comezarán
conditional comezaría comezarías comezaría comezariamos comezariades comezarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present comece comeces comece comecemos comecedes comecen
preterite comezase comezases comezase comezásemos comezásedes comezasen
future comezar comezares comezar comezarmos comezardes comezaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – comeza comece comecemos comezade comecen
negative – comeces comece comecemos comecedes comecen

Further reading

References
  • “começar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “começ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “comezar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “comezar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “comezar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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