principiar
Portuguese, verb/pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/
principiar is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to initiate (to cause something to start)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar princípio a”.
What does principiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to initiate (to cause something to start)
- 2
to begin; to start; to commence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar princípio a 2. começar 3. iniciar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of principiar
- principio first-person present singular
- principiei first-person preterite singular
- principiado participle past
- principiares infinitive second-person singular
- principiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- principiardes infinitive plural second-person
- principiarem infinitive plural third-person
- principiando gerund
- principiados masculine participle past
- principiada feminine participle past
- principiadas feminine participle past
- principias indicative present second-person
- principia indicative present singular
- principiamos first-person indicative plural
- principiais indicative plural present
- principiam indicative plural present
- principiava first-person imperfect indicative
- principiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principiar?
- Brazil /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾĩ.si.piˈa(h)]
- Brazil /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is principiar in Portuguese?
principiar appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).