comenzar |
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to begin |
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comenzar
transitive verb
1. to start, to begin
- comenzar diciendo que… -> to start o begin by saying that…
intransitive verb
2. to start, to begin
- comenzar a hacer algo -> to start doing o to do something
- comenzar por hacer algo -> to begin by doing something
- “hiena” comienza por hache -> “hyena” starts with an “h”
- el partido comenzó tarde -> the game started late
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comenzar [co-men-thar’]
article & verb transitive & verb neuter
1. To commence, to start, to begin (empezar). (n)
- Comenzar a hacer algo -> to begin to do something
- Comenzar por -> to begin with
Conjugación de "comenzar"
- Infinitivo
- comenzar
- Gerundio
- comenzando
- Particípio
- comenzado
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | comienzo | comencé | comenzaba | comenzaré | comience |
| Tú | comienzas | comenzaste | comenzabas | comenzarás | comiences |
| Ella/Él/Usted | comienza | comenzó | comenzaba | comenzará | comience |
| Nosotros | comenzamos | comenzamos | comenzábamos | comenzaremos | comencemos |
| Vosotros | comenzáis | comenzasteis | comenzabais | comenzaréis | comencéis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | comienzan | comenzaron | comenzaban | comenzarán | comiencen |
"comenzar" en el foro de Respuestas
| P: | "Comenzar" or "empezar" |
| R: | > Daniel said: > I researched these in my dictionary and 2 on line dictionaries and found both "comenzar" and "empezar" used in the same phrases. I also… |
| P: | difference between comenzar and empezar |
| R: | It's like "to start" vs. "to begin" in English... |
| P: | Commands - Comenzar |
| R: | > Erin said: > Ok, so then this would be the case for any verbs ending in 'ZAR'? > These are called regular orthographical changes. It also happens with… |
| P: | comenzar, empezar, principiar |
| R: | "Empezar" and "comenzar" are pretty close in their meaning, although "comenzar" is preferred in more formal speech, and "empezar" can also be used to… |
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Palabras ceranas
- comisquear
- comisorio
- comisoria
- comiso
- comisionista
- comisionar
- comisionado
- comisionada
- comisión
- comiscar
- comisario
- comisaría
- comisar
- comino
- cominillo
- comilona
- comilla
- comilitona
- comilitón
- comilón
- comienzo
- comience
- comido
- comidilla
- comida
- comicios
- comicidad
- comicial
- comicastro
- comica
- comic
- comible
- comezón
- cometografía
- cometido
- cometer
- cometedor
- cometario
- cometaria
- cometa
- comestible
- comercio
- comerciar
- comerciante
- comercialmente
- comercializar
- comercialización
- comercial
- comerciable
- comer
- comenzar
- comento
- comentarista
- comentario
- comentar
- comentadora
- comentador
- comensalía
- comensal
- comendatorio
- comendatoria
- comendatario
- comendar
- comendamiento
- comendadora
- comendador
- comendable
- comelitona
- comelina
- comelón
- comején
- comegente
- comefuego
- comedora
- comedor
- comedirse
- comediografa
- comedio
- comedimiento
- comedido
- comedidamente
- comedida
- comedica
- comediar
- comediante
- comedianta
- comedia
- comedión
- comediógrafo
- comedero
- comedera
- comedón
- comebolas
- combustion
- combustible
- combustibilidad
- combo
- combinatorio
- combinatoria
- combinar
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