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Empezar has two changes: the stem e becomes ie when stressed (empiezo, empiezas, empieza...) and z becomes c before e (empecé in the preterite). So both a vowel diphthong and a spelling rule. Comen...
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
Presente
Presente
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Indicativo — Indicativo
Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — comenzar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber comenzado
- Gerundio — comenzando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo comenzado
- Participio — comenzado
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Key forms
yo
comienzo
tú
comienzas
él/ella
comienza
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he comenzado
tú
has comenzado
él/ella
ha comenzado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
comencé
tú
comenzaste
él/ella
comenzó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
comenzaba
tú
comenzabas
él/ella
comenzaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había comenzado
tú
habías comenzado
él/ella
había comenzado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube comenzado
tú
hubiste comenzado
él/ella
hubo comenzado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
comenzaré
tú
comenzarás
él/ella
comenzará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
comenzaría
tú
comenzarías
él/ella
comenzaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré comenzado
tú
habrás comenzado
él/ella
habrá comenzado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría comenzado
tú
habrías comenzado
él/ella
habría comenzado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
comience
tú
comiences
él/ella
comience
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya comenzado
tú
hayas comenzado
él/ella
haya comenzado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
comenzara (comenzase)
tú
comenzaras (comenzases)
él/ella
comenzara (comenzase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera comenzado (hubiese comenzado)
tú
hubieras comenzado (hubieses comenzado)
él/ella
hubiera comenzado (hubiese comenzado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
comenzare
tú
comenzares
él/ella
comenzare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere comenzado
tú
hubieres comenzado
él/ella
hubiere comenzado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
comienza
él/ella
comience
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
comiences
él/ella
comience
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