principiar
Spanish, verb/pɾinθiˈpjaɾ/
principiar is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to begin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar comienzo, inicio o principio a algo; realizar la primera acción de un proceso o evento”.
What does principiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to begin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar comienzo, inicio o principio a algo; realizar la primera acción de un proceso o evento.
verb: 1. Tener algo su comienzo o principio (primer momento del ser).
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 principiar
- principio first-person present singular
- principié first-person preterite singular
- principiado participle past
- principiando gerund
- principiada feminine participle past
- principiados masculine participle past
- principiadas feminine participle past
- principias indicative informal present
- principiás indicative informal present
- principia indicative present singular
- principiamos first-person indicative plural
- principiáis indicative plural present
- principian indicative plural present
- principiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- principiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- principiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- principiabais imperfect indicative plural
- principiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principiar?
- /pɾinθiˈpjaɾ/
- [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpjaɾ]
- /pɾinsiˈpjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to principiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principiar in Spanish?
principiar appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).