encetar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetí, past participle encetat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to begin to consume, to open (a bottle, a tin, etc.)
- to make the first slice, to cut into, to slice into
- to broach (a subject), to initiate (a conversation)
- Tant sols hem encetat el tema i queden certament moltes possibilitats per explorar.
- We've only just broached the subject and there are certainly many possibilities left to explore.
- to chafe
- Les etiquetes m'enceten la pell i em provoquen al·lèrgia.
- The tags chafe my skin and trigger my allergies.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | encetar | ||||||
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gerund | encetant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | encetat | encetada | |||||
plural | encetats | encetades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | enceto | encetes | enceta | encetem | enceteu | enceten | |
imperfect | encetava | encetaves | encetava | encetàvem | encetàveu | encetaven | |
future | encetaré | encetaràs | encetarà | encetarem | encetareu | encetaran | |
preterite | encetí | encetares | encetà | encetàrem | encetàreu | encetaren | |
conditional | encetaria | encetaries | encetaria | encetaríem | encetaríeu | encetarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | enceti | encetis | enceti | encetem | enceteu | encetin | |
imperfect | encetés | encetessis | encetés | encetéssim | encetéssiu | encetessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | enceta | enceti | encetem | enceteu | encetin | |
negative (no) | — | no encetis | no enceti | no encetem | no enceteu | no encetin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “encetar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar (13th century), from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Portuguese and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)
- to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
- 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:
- Iten sete touçinos et hun ençetado. Hun unto enteyro et outro ençetado.
- Item, seven pieces of bacon, plus one that is partly consumed. A whole piece of lard and another that is partly consumed.
- Synonym: comezar
- 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:
- to cut, to injure
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
References edit
- “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “encet” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “encetar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “encetar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “encetar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “encetar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”)
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb edit
encetar
- to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | encetar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | encetando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | encetado | encetada | |||||||
feminine | encetados | encetadas | |||||||
present participle | encetante | encetantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | enceto | encetas | enceta | encetamos | encetades | encetam3, encetan4 | ||
imperfect | encetava | encetavas | encetava | encetavamos | encetavades | encetavam3, encetavan4 | |||
preterite | encetei | encetaste3, encetasche4 | encetou | encetamos | encetastes | encetarom3, encetaron4 | |||
pluperfect | encetara | encetaras | encetara | encetaramos | encetarades | encetaram3, encetaran4 | |||
future | encetarei | encetarás | encetará | encetaremos | encetaredes | encetarám3, encetarán4 | |||
conditional | encetaria | encetarias | encetaria | encetariamos | encetariades | encetariam3, encetarian4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | encete | encetes | encete | encetemos | encetedes | encetem3, enceten4 | ||
preterite | encetasse | encetasses | encetasse | encetássemos | encetássedes | encetassem3, encetassen4 | |||
future | encetar | encetares | encetar | encetarmos | encetardes | encetarem3, encetaren4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | enceta | encete | encetemos | encetade | — | |||
negative | — | non encetes | non encete | non encetemos | non encetedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
encetar | encetares | encetar | encetarmos | encetardes | encetarem3, encetaren4 | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Galician and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈta(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ce‧tar
Verb edit
encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enθeˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θeˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enseˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ce‧tar
Verb edit
encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite enceté, past participle encetado)
- Synonym of encentar
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014