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To start in Spanish 🇪🇸


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to start comenzar
How to say “to start” in Spanish? “Comenzar”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “comenzar” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to start in Spanish like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Pronunciation

normal speech: ko-MEN-zar

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Opposites

Comenzar – Terminar (To begin – To end)

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Memorization tip

Comenzar sounds like commence

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comenzar info.

Tips to remember the word “comenzar”:
– Associate “comenzar” with the English word “commence,” as they both have a similar meaning and start with similar sounds: “com-” in Spanish and “comm-” in English.
– Visualize “comenzar” as splitting into “com-” (with) and “-enzar” (resembling “empezar,” another Spanish word for beginning).

Explanations:
“Comenzar” is a verb in Spanish that means “to begin” or “to start.” It is often used when talking about initiating an activity or process.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Empezar (to begin, to start)
– Iniciar (to initiate, to start)

Conjugations:
“Comenzar” is an irregular verb, and it has an “e” to “ie” stem change in some conjugations. Here are the different conjugations in the indicative mood:

Present indicative:
– yo comienzo
– tú comienzas
– él/ella/Ud. comienza
– nosotros/nosotras comenzamos
– vosotros/vosotras comenzáis
– ellos/ellas/Uds. comienzan

Preterite (simple past) indicative:
– yo comencé
– tú comenzaste
– él/ella/Ud. comenzó
– nosotros/nosotras comenzamos
– vosotros/vosotras comenzasteis
– ellos/ellas/Uds. comenzaron

Imperfect indicative:
– yo comenzaba
– tú comenzabas
– él/ella/Ud. comenzaba
– nosotros/nosotras comenzábamos
– vosotros/vosotras comenzabais
– ellos/ellas/Uds. comenzaban

Future indicative:
– yo comenzaré
– tú comenzarás
– él/ella/Ud. comenzará
– nosotros/nosotras comenzaremos
– vosotros/vosotras comenzaréis
– ellos/ellas/Uds. comenzarán

Conditional indicative:
– yo comenzaría
– tú comenzarías
– él/ella/Ud. comenzaría
– nosotros/nosotras comenzaríamos
– vosotros/vosotras comenzaríais
– ellos/ellas/Uds. comenzarían

Examples of sentences using “comenzar”:
– Vamos a comenzar la clase. (Let’s start the class.)
– ¿A qué hora comienza la película? (What time does the movie start?)
– Ayer comencé un libro nuevo. (Yesterday I started a new book.)
– Si estudias ahora, comenzarás a entender mejor. (If you study now, you will start to understand better.)

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