empezar

Meaning

1. to start, begin, to get started
2. (intransitive) to start
3. (intransitive) to start
4. (intransitive) to start, to begin
5. (intransitive) to lead, to open
6. (reflexive) to be started

Concepts

start

begin

commence

take up

beginning

get

rock and roll

inchoate

initiate

institute

launch

open

broach

go about

originate

break

animadvert

scold

get down

set about

set out

start out

lead off

embark on

start up

get going

go

inaugurate

kick off

get on with

start over

come

ensue

occur

get started

tackle

cause to start

set in motion

Hyphenated as

em‧pe‧zar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/empeˈθaɾ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Bader lo derrotó a los cuarenta segundos de empezar la pelea .

Bader defeated him within forty seconds of starting the fight.