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comenzar

[komenˈθaɾ]

verb

LanguageSpanish (Spain)

Meaning
  1. to begin, to commence
  2. to begin
  3. To start doing something or to have something start happening.
Examples

Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante.

I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book.

Pronunciationkomenˈθaɾ

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis is a stem-changing verb (e-ie) in the present tense.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.