cominciare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcominciàre (first-person singular present comìncio, first-person singular past historic cominciài, past participle cominciàto, auxiliary (transitive, also rarely intransitive when followed by a complement or adverb) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, intransitive) to begin, to start, to commence, to set about
- Synonyms: incominciare, iniziare, (dated, regional) principiare
- Antonym: finire
- è/ha cominciato bene ― it started well
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of cominciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also rarely intransitive when followed by a complement or adverb.
2Intransitive.
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