empezar

/empeˈθaɾ/

verb #601 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to start, to begin

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yoempiezoempecéempezabaempezaréempezaría
empiezasempezasteempezabasempezarásempezarías
él/ella/ud.empiezaempezóempezabaempezaráempezaría
nos.empezamosempezamosempezábamosempezaremosempezaríamos
vos.empezáisempezasteisempezabaisempezaréisempezaríais
ellos/uds.empiezanempezaronempezabanempezaránempezarían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yoempieceempezaraempezase
empiecesempezarasempezases
él/ella/ud.empieceempezaraempezase
nos.empecemosempezáramosempezásemos
vos.empecéisempezaraisempezaseis
ellos/uds.empiecenempezaranempezasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
empieza
ud.empiece
nosotrosempecemos
vosotrosempezad
uds.empiecen

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
empezando
Past participle
empezado

Examples

, llegues .

The class starts at nine sharp, do not be late.

urgente .

We are going to start with the most urgent item on the agenda.

llover .

It started to rain just as we were leaving the building.

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