começar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to start; to begin; to commence
  2. (transitive) to begin; to start to do
  3. (transitive) to start; to initiate (to cause something to begin)
  4. (catenative) to begin
  5. (intransitive) to begin (to have a first experience)

Concepts

start
begin
commence
originate
set about
start up
begin
begin

𐐺𐐨𐑀𐐮𐑌

go about
start out
open
tackle
get going
beginning
launch
embark
set in
approach
set out
come on

hook on

initiate
kick in
land
lead off
plunge
raise
rock and roll
set in motion
start off
stop
🛑

launch into

cause to begin

cause to start

set out to

take up
accost

address

attach
berth
break a sweat
break in
bring up
cause

collide with

come up

crash into

deal with

embark on

Opposite of
acabar, terminar, acabar com, finalizar, fechar, terminar de, parar de
Synonyms

iniciar
B2
abrir
A2

tomar a iniciativa

originar
provir
aterrissar

atracar-se

abordar-se

suar
C1
😓
parar
A1
🛑

pôr-se a caminho

pôr-se em marcha

a
A1

acostar-se

aterrar
B2
Translations

commencer
comenzar
empezar
començar
beginnen
anfangen
beginnen
cominciare
iniziare
aanvangen
iniciar
başlamak
débuter

αρχίζω

يبدأ

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ko.meˈsa(ʁ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
initiō
Cognate with Galician
Galician
comezar
Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
comenzar
In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese começar, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, from com- + Latin initiāre. Compare Galician comezar. It has been supposed that the Portuguese form developed via an unattested *comẽeçar, but this appears unlikely. The loss of /n/ was likely due to analogy with the synonym empeçar (cf. Spanish comenzar, diphthongally influenced by empezar).

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