comenzar
Spanish, verb/komenˈθaɾ/
comenzar is spelled C-O-M-E-N-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comenzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to begin, to commence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Iniciar una acción”.
What does comenzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to begin, to commence
Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Iniciar una acción.
verb: 1. Entrar en una nueva situación. 2. Estar al inicio de un periodo de tiempo. 3. Estar al inicio de un objeto largo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comenzar
- comienzo first-person present singular
- comencé first-person preterite singular
- comenzado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- c-z alternation
- comenzando gerund
- comenzada feminine participle past
- comenzados masculine participle past
- comenzadas feminine participle past
- comienzas indicative informal present
- comenzás indicative informal present
- comienza indicative present singular
- comenzamos first-person indicative plural
- comenzáis indicative plural present
- comienzan indicative plural present
- comenzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- comenzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- comenzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comenzar?
- /komenˈθaɾ/
- [ko.mẽn̟ˈθaɾ]
- /komenˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comenzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comenzar in Spanish?
comenzar appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).