Polyglot Dictionary

empezar

/empeˈsaɾ/

verb A1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
empiezo
preterite (yo)
empecé
past participle
empezado

Meaning

  1. to begin

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

recomenzar

empezar means to begin; recomenzar means to begin again, to restart.

principiar

principiar is a more literary or archaic synonym for "to begin"; empezar is the standard, everyday word.

Similar in other languages

French

commencer

commencer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to begin."

Portuguese

começar

começar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to begin."

Practice

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