principiare
See also: principiaré
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prin.t͡ʃiˈpja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pià‧re
Verb
principiàre (first-person singular present princìpio, first-person singular past historic principiài, past participle principiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (dated or regional, transitive or intransitive) to begin, start, commence
- Synonyms: cominciare, iniziare
- 1883, Carlo Collodi, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino [The Adventures of Pinocchio. Story of a Puppet]:
- Principiò a fare mille sgambetti
- He starts to do a thousand leg kicks.
Usage notes
- Dated or regional; cominciare and iniziare are more common.
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
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