encetar.
to start, commence, initiate
Meaning & usage
to start, commence, initiate
Encetar negociações.
to open, to start (a package)
Encetar um pacote de bolachas.
to cut, to take a piece (of food)
Encetar um melão.
Do for the first time.
Ele vai encetar-se no mundo da música com o seu primeiro álbum.
Be the first to do something.
Ele encetou a reunião. Ele encetou-a.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptāre (“to begin”). Compare Galician and Catalan encetar, and Spanish encentar.
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