encetar

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.səˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [en.seˈtaɾ]

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetí, past participle encetat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. to begin to consume, to open (a bottle, a tin, etc.)
2. to make the first slice, to cut into, to slice into
3. to broach (a subject), to initiate (a conversation)

   Tant sols hem encetat el tema i queden certament moltes possibilitats per explorar.

   We've only just broached the subject and there are certainly many possibilities left to explore.

4. to chafe

   Les etiquetes m'enceten la pell i em provoquen al·lèrgia.

   The tags chafe my skin and trigger my allergies.

• encetall

• “encetar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• encertar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar (13th century), from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Portuguese and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

• IPA^(key): /enθeˈtaɾ/, (western) /enseˈtaɾ/

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Iten sete touçinos et hun ençetado. Hun unto enteyro et outro ençetado.

     Item, seven pieces of bacon, plus one that is partly consumed. A whole piece of lard and another that is partly consumed.

   Synonym: comezar

2. to cut, to injure

• “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “encet” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “encetar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “encetar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “encetar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “encetar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”)

• Rhymes: -aɾ

encetar

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc

• Galician: encetar
• Portuguese: encetar

• Universo Cantigas - "encetar"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Galician and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.

• Hyphenation: en‧ce‧tar

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start, commence, initiate

   Synonyms: começar, iniciar

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enθeˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θeˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /enseˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ce‧tar

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite enceté, past participle encetado)

1. Synonym of encentar

• “encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014