rozpoczynać

From roz- + poczynać.

• IPA^(key): /rɔs.pɔˈt͡ʂɘ.nat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1; “rozpoczynać”:

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• Audio 2; “rozpoczynać się”:

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• Rhymes: -ɘnat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: roz‧po‧czy‧nać

rozpoczynać impf (perfective rozpocząć)

1. (transitive) to start, to begin (to do something previously not done) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] (proscribed)

   Synonyms: wszczynać, zaczynać

2. (transitive) to begin (to do something as the first of a series of actions) [with instrumental ‘with what’; or with od (+ genitive) ‘from what’]

   Synonym: zaczynać

3. (transitive) to start, to begin (to be the first element of something)
4. (intransitive) to begin, to start (to take on a particular profession) [with jako (+ nominative) ‘as what’]

   Synonym: zaczynać

5. (transitive) to begin (to open and start using something previously unused)

   Synonyms: napoczynać, zaczynać

6. (intransitive) to begin (to say something at first and continue speaking afterwards) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what’]

   Synonym: zaczynać

7. (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of events, etc., to have a beginning; to be initiated)

   Synonym: zaczynać się

   Antonym: kończyć się

8. (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of places, etc., to have an edge; to be first seen somewhere)

   Synonym: zaczynać się

   Antonym: kończyć się

9. (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of periods, etc., to have the initial phase and continue to last)

   Synonyms: nastawać, zaczynać się

10. (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (to be the first of a collection of events) [with instrumental or z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’; or with od (+ genitive) ‘from what’]

    Synonym: zaczynać się

• rozpoczynać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rozpoczynać in Polish dictionaries at PWN