# iniciar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iniˈθja(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: i‧ni‧ciar

### Verb

iniciar
* (transitive) to start, begin
    Synonyms: escomenzar, comenzar, principiar, prencipiar, emprincipiar, emprencipiar
* (transitive) to initiate

#### Related terms

* iniciación
* inicial
* inicio

### Further reading

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also començar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i.ni.siˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i.ni.siˈaɾ]
* Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar

### Verb

iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicií, past participle iniciat)
* (transitive) to start, begin
    Synonym: començar
* (transitive) to initiate

#### Related terms

* inici
* iniciació
* iniciador
* inicial
* iniciat

### Further reading

* “iniciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “iniciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “iniciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “iniciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /iˈni.ki.ar/, [ɪˈnɪkiär]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iˈni.t͡ʃi.ar/, [iˈniːt͡ʃiär]

### Verb

iniciar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of iniciō

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also começar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.ni.siˈa(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsja(ʁ)/ [i.niˈsja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /i.ni.siˈa(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsja(ʁ)/ [i.niˈsja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /i.ni.siˈa(ɾ)/ [i.ni.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /i.ni.siˈa(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsja(ʁ)/ [i.niˈsja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /i.ni.siˈa(ɻ)/ [i.ni.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.niˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.niˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.niˈsja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧ar

### Verb

iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite iniciei, past participle iniciado)
* (transitive) to start, begin, initiate
    Synonym: começar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* iniciação

### Further reading

* “iniciar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “iniciar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “iniciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “iniciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “iniciar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “iniciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also comenzar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /iniˈθjaɾ/ [i.niˈθjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /iniˈsjaɾ/ [i.niˈsjaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: i‧ni‧ciar

### Verb

iniciar (first-person singular present inicio, first-person singular preterite inicié, past participle iniciado)
* (transitive) to begin; to initiate
    Synonym: comenzar

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Related terms

* iniciación
* iniciado
* iniciador
* inicial
* iniciar sesión
* iniciativa
* iniciativo
* inicio

### Further reading

* “iniciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10