começo

See also: comêço

Galician

Noun

começo m (plural começos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of comezo

Verb

começo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of comedir
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of começar

Further reading

• “começo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal of começar.

Alternative forms

• comêço (pre-reform spelling)
• commeço (pre-standardization spelling)
• commêço (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈme.su/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme.su/
  • (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /kɔˈme.su/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈme.su/
• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ço

Noun

começo m (plural começos)

1. beginning; commencement (the process of beginning, starting)

   O rei celebrou o começo de seu reino. ― The king celebrated the beginning of his reign.

   • 1963, Estanislau Fragoso Batista, Entre a noite e o dia‎^[1], page 146:

     Todos ocuparam suas posições e ficaram esperando pelo comêço do tiroteio.

     Everybody occupied their positions and kept waiting for the shooting to start.

     (literally, “the start of the shooting”)

2. beginning; start (the initial stages of something)

   Synonyms: início, princípio

   Meu personagem favorito morreu logo no começo do livro. ― My favourite character died right at the start of the book.

Derived terms

• comecinho (diminutive)
• dar começo a

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmɛ.su/

• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ço

Verb

começo

1. first-person singular present indicative of começar
2. (Portugal) first-person singular present indicative of comedir