Meaning
to begin, start
In a sentence
Domani incomincio il nuovo lavoro in ufficio.
Tomorrow I start the new job at the office.
Quando incomincia il film stasera?
When does the movie start tonight?
Non abbiamo ancora incominciato a mangiare.
We still haven't started eating.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incominciare | infinitive |
| incominciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incomincio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incominciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incominci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incominciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incomincia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incominciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incominciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incominciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incominciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incominciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incominciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incominciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incominciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incominciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incominciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incominciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incominciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incominceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incomincerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incomincerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incomincerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incominceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incomincerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incominciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| incominci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incominciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incominci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incomincino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incominci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incominciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incominciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incominciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incominciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incominciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incominciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incominceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| incomincerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incomincereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incominceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incomincerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incomincerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incominciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| incominciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| incomincia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| incominciando | gerund |
| incominciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually interchangeable with cominciare; incominciare can sound slightly more formal or literary in some contexts.
- Use a before an infinitive: incominciare a studiare. Learners often wrongly use di.
- With intransitive use, it normally takes essere in compound tenses: è incominciato presto.