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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescomenzar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: comenzar
"El juicio va a comenzar pronto."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
To begin or start.
"The ceremony will commence at ten o'clock."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English (in the sense 'take a degree at a university'): from Old French comencier, based on Latin cum- 'with' + an unrecorded verb *initiare 'begin'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "commence" is said worldwide
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commencer
Transliteration: commencer
"Les festivités vont commencer."
beginnen
Transliteration: beginnen
"Die Veranstaltung wird beginnen."
cominciare
Transliteration: cominciare
"La conferenza sta per cominciare."
comenzar
Transliteration: comenzar
"El juicio va a comenzar pronto."
começar
Transliteration: começar
"O espetáculo vai começar."
शुरू करना
Transliteration: shuru karna
"कार्यक्रम जल्द ही शुरू होगा।"
开始
Transliteration: kāishǐ
"会议将于明天开始。"
시작하다
Transliteration: sijakhada
"회의가 곧 시작될 것입니다."
始まる
Transliteration: hajimaru
"式典が間もなく始まります。"
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