iniciar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also començar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.ni.siˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [i.ni.siˈaɾ]
- Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar
Verb edit
iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicií, past participle iniciat)
- (transitive) to start, begin
- Synonym: començar
- (transitive) to initiate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of iniciar (first conjugation)
infinitive | iniciar | ||||||
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gerund | iniciant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | iniciat | iniciada | |||||
plural | iniciats | iniciades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | inicio | inicies | inicia | iniciem | inicieu | inicien | |
imperfect | iniciava | iniciaves | iniciava | iniciàvem | iniciàveu | iniciaven | |
future | iniciaré | iniciaràs | iniciarà | iniciarem | iniciareu | iniciaran | |
preterite | inicií | iniciares | inicià | iniciàrem | iniciàreu | iniciaren | |
conditional | iniciaria | iniciaries | iniciaria | iniciaríem | iniciaríeu | iniciarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | iniciï | iniciïs | iniciï | iniciem | inicieu | iniciïn | |
imperfect | iniciés | iniciessis | iniciés | iniciéssim | iniciéssiu | iniciessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | inicia | iniciï | iniciem | inicieu | iniciïn | |
negative (no) | — | no iniciïs | no iniciï | no iniciem | no inicieu | no iniciïn |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “iniciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “iniciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “iniciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “iniciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈni.ki.ar/, [ɪˈnɪkiär]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈni.t͡ʃi.ar/, [iˈniːt͡ʃiär]
Verb edit
iniciar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also começar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar
Verb edit
iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite iniciei, past participle iniciado)
- (transitive) to start, begin, initiate
- Synonym: começar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of iniciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “iniciar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “iniciar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “iniciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “iniciar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “iniciar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “iniciar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also comenzar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /iniˈθjaɾ/ [i.niˈθjaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /iniˈsjaɾ/ [i.niˈsjaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: i‧ni‧ciar
Verb edit
iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicié, past participle iniciado)
- (transitive) to begin; to initiate
- Synonym: comenzar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of iniciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of iniciar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “iniciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014