# empezar

- **Language:** Spanish
- **Level:** A2 (Elementary)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /empeˈθaɾ/
- **English:** start
- **Persian:** شروع کردن؛ شروع
- **Definition:** To begin doing something.

## Example

> La película empieza a las ocho.
> The film starts at eight.
> فیلم ساعت هشت شروع می‌شود.

## Word forms

- noun: comienzo

## Opposites

terminar

## Common phrases

- empezar a trabajar
- empezar de nuevo
- desde el principio

## Related words

- [terminar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/terminar): finish (A2)
- [correr](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/correr): run (A1)
- [caminar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/caminar): walk (A1)
- [jugar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/jugar): play (A1)
- [abrir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/abrir): open (A1)
- [cerrar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/cerrar): close (A1)
- [mirar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/mirar): look (A1)
- [evitar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/evitar): avoid (B1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/empezar