Portuguese Word of the Day
começar
/co-me-SAR/ • verb — 2nd of Jun, 2026
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Meaning: to begin; to start
Examples
- Vamos começar a reunião agora.
(Let's start the meeting now.) - Ela começou um curso de português no mês passado.
(She started a Portuguese course last month.) - O filme começa às oito.
(The movie starts at eight.)
Synonyms
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Começar is used to say that something begins. When talking about starting an action, it's common to use começar + a + infinitive (e.g., começar a estudar). You can also say começar com + noun to indicate what something starts with. Note the present-tense forms (eu começo, tu começas, ele começa, nós começamos, eles começam) where the c becomes ç in some forms.
Recent Words
| Date | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | amanhã | the day after today; tomorrow |
| 2026-06-20 | chegar | to arrive; to reach a place or a point in time |
| 2026-06-19 | perder | to lose; to miss (an event/opportunity); to be def... |
| 2026-06-18 | sentir | to feel (physically or emotionally); to perceive |
| 2026-06-17 | precisar | to need; to require |
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