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principiar
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Aragonese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾinθiˈpja(ɾ)/
- IPA(key): /pɾinsiˈpja(ɾ)/ (Benasquese)
- Syllabification: prin‧ci‧piar
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
principiar
- (transitive) to initiate (to cause something to start)
- Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, iniciar
- (intransitive) to begin; to start; to commence
- Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, iniciar
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Further reading
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.siˈpja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɾ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.siˈpja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɻ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pi‧ar
Verb
principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principiei, past participle principiado)
- (transitive) to initiate (to cause something to start)
- (intransitive) to begin; to start; to commence
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “principiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “principiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “principiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “principiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “principiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin principiare, from princeps.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾinθiˈpjaɾ/ [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpjaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾinsiˈpjaɾ/ [pɾĩn.siˈpjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: prin‧ci‧piar
Verb
principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principié, past participle principiado)
- (transitive) to begin
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “principiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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