# principiar
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* emprincipiar
* prencipiar
* emprencipiar

### Etymology

From principio +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾinθiˈpja(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: prin‧ci‧piar

### Verb

principiar
* (transitive) to initiate (to cause something to start)
    Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, iniciar
* (intransitive) to begin; to start; to commence
    Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, iniciar

#### Related terms

* principio

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From princípio +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.siˈpja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.siˈpja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɾ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ʁ)/ [pɾĩ.siˈpja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾĩ.si.piˈa(ɻ)/ [pɾĩ.si.pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾĩ.siˈpja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾĩ.siˈpjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾĩ.siˈpjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾĩ.siˈpja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pi‧ar

### Verb

principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principiei, past participle principiado)
* (transitive) to initiate (to cause something to start)
    Synonyms: iniciar, começou
* (intransitive) to begin; to start; to commence
    Synonyms: iniciar, começou

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* princípio

### Further reading

* “principiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “principiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “principiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “principiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “principiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin principiare, from princeps.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾinθiˈpjaɾ/ [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾinsiˈpjaɾ/ [pɾĩn.siˈpjaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: prin‧ci‧piar

### Verb

principiar (first-person singular present principio, first-person singular preterite principié, past participle principiado)
* (transitive) to begin

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | principiar | principiar | principiar | principiar | principiar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | principiando | principiando | principiando | principiando | principiando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | principiado | principiado | principiada | principiada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | principiados | principiados | principiadas | principiadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | principio | principias$^{tú}$ principiás$^{vos}$ | principia | principiamos | principiáis | principian |
| indicative | imperfect | principiaba | principiabas | principiaba | principiábamos | principiabais | principiaban |
| indicative | preterite | principié | principiaste | principió | principiamos | principiasteis | principiaron |
| indicative | future | principiaré | principiarás | principiará | principiaremos | principiaréis | principiarán |
| indicative | conditional | principiaría | principiarías | principiaría | principiaríamos | principiaríais | principiarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | principie | principies$^{tú}$ principiés$^{vos2}$ | principie | principiemos | principiéis | principien |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | principiara | principiaras | principiara | principiáramos | principiarais | principiaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | principiase | principiases | principiase | principiásemos | principiaseis | principiasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | principiare | principiares | principiare | principiáremos | principiareis | principiaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | principia$^{tú}$ principiá$^{vos}$ | principie | principiemos | principiad | principien |
| imperative | negative | | no principies | no principie | no principiemos | no principiéis | no principien |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

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