"començar" meaning in Catalan

See començar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ku.mənˈsa] [Central], [ko.mənˈsa] [Balearic], [ko.menˈsaɾ] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-començar.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|VL.|*cominitiāre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, {{inh+|ca|VL.|*cominitiāre}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre Head templates: {{ca-verb|root=ë}} començar (first-person singular present començo, first-person singular preterite comencí, past participle començat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/ Inflection templates: {{ca-conj}} Forms: començar [canonical], root stress: [canonical], ɛ [canonical], /e/ [canonical], començo [first-person, present, singular], comencí [first-person, preterite, singular], començat [participle, past], conjugation-1 [table-tags], començar [infinitive], començant [gerund], començat [masculine, participle, past, singular], començada [feminine, participle, past, singular], començats [masculine, participle, past, plural], començades [feminine, participle, past, plural], començo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], comences [indicative, present, second-person, singular], comença [indicative, present, singular, third-person], comencem [first-person, indicative, plural, present], comenceu [indicative, plural, present, second-person], comencen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], començava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], començaves [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], començava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], començàvem [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], començàveu [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], començaven [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], començaré [first-person, future, indicative, singular], començaràs [future, indicative, second-person, singular], començarà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], començarem [first-person, future, indicative, plural], començareu [future, indicative, plural, second-person], començaran [future, indicative, plural, third-person], comencí [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], començares [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], començà [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], començàrem [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], començàreu [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], començaren [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], començaria [conditional, first-person, indicative, singular], començaries [conditional, indicative, second-person, singular], començaria [conditional, indicative, singular, third-person], començaríem [conditional, first-person, indicative, plural], començaríeu [conditional, indicative, plural, second-person], començarien [conditional, indicative, plural, third-person], comenci [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], comencis [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], comenci [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], comencem [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], comenceu [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], comencin [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], comencés [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], comencessis [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], comencés [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], comencéssim [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], comencéssiu [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], comencessin [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], comença [imperative, second-person], comenci [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular], comencem [first-person, imperative, plural], comenceu [imperative, plural, second-person], comencin [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically], no comencis [imperative, negative, second-person], no comenci [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular], no comencem [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], no comenceu [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], no comencin [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically]
  1. (transitive) to begin, to start something Tags: Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
    Sense id: en-començar-ca-verb-gWkSAKKW Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 24 27 Disambiguation of Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation: 24 25 24 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  2. (intransitive) to begin, to start happening something Tags: Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive
    Sense id: en-començar-ca-verb-HXU2ZAYr Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 24 27 Disambiguation of Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation: 24 25 24 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  3. to begin, to start doing [with a (+ infinitive)] Tags: Balearic, Central, Valencia
    Sense id: en-començar-ca-verb-lJiUf2Sp Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 24 27 Disambiguation of Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation: 24 25 24 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  4. (impersonal) to begin, to start happening [with a (+ infinitive)] Tags: Balearic, Central, Valencia, impersonal
    Sense id: en-començar-ca-verb-ygrmO5mG Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 24 27 Disambiguation of Catalan verbs with ç-c alternation: 24 25 24 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: començ, començador, començall, començament, començant

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "començall"
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      "word": "començament"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "comenceu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "començàvem",
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      "form": "començàveu",
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      "form": "començaré",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "començaràs",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "començàrem",
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        "preterite"
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      "form": "començàreu",
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    {
      "form": "començaríem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "començaríeu",
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      "form": "començarien",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "comenci",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "comencis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "comencés",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "comencessis",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "comencéssim",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comencéssiu",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "comencessin",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comença",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "comenci",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "comenceu",
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        "plural",
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      "form": "comencin",
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      "form": "no comencis",
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        "negative",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "no comenci",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "no comencin",
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      "tags": [
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko.mənˈsa]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko.menˈsaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "començar"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'root stress:' in 'començar (first-person singular present començo, first-person singular preterite comencí, past participle començat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/'",
  "path": [
    "començar"
  ],
  "section": "Catalan",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "començar",
  "trace": ""
}

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