Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.minˈt͡ʃa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: co‧min‧cià‧re

Verb

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cominciàre (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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to begin, to start, to commence, to set about
    Synonyms: incominciare, iniziare, (dated, regional) principiare
    Antonym: finire
    è/ha cominciato beneit started well

Conjugation

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