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Conjugation of encetar

This verb can also have the following meanings: initiate, commence
Eu
Tu
El(e/a)
Nos
Vos
El(es/as
Present tense
enceto
I start
encetas
you start
enceta
he/she starts
encetamos
we start
encetais
you all start
encetam
they start
Present perfect tense
tenho encetado
I have started
tens encetado
you have started
tem encetado
he/she has started
temos encetado
we have started
tendes encetado
you all have started
têm encetado
they have started
Past preterite tense
encetei
I started
encetaste
you started
encetou
he/she started
encetamos
we started
encetastes
you all started
encetaram
they started
Future tense
encetarei
I will start
encetarás
you will start
encetará
he/she will start
encetaremos
we will start
encetareis
you all will start
encetarão
they will start
Eu
Tu
El(e/a)
Nos
Vos
El(es/as
Conditional mood
encetaria
I would start
encetarias
you would start
encetaria
he/she would start
encetaríamos
we would start
encetaríeis
you all would start
encetariam
they would start
Past imperfect tense
encetava
I used to start
encetavas
you used to start
encetava
he/she used to start
encetávamos
we used to start
encetáveis
you all used to start
encetavam
they used to start
Past perfect tense
tinha encetado
I had started
tinhas encetado
you had started
tinha encetado
he/she had started
tínhamos encetado
we had started
tínheis encetado
you all had started
tinham encetado
they had started
Future perfect tense
terei encetado
I will have started
terás encetado
you will have started
terá encetado
he/she will have started
teremos encetado
we will have started
tereis encetado
you all will have started
terão encetado
they will have started
Eu
Tu
El(e/a)
Nos
Vos
El(es/as
Present perfect subjunctive tense
tenha encetado
I have started
tenhas encetado
you have started
tenha encetado
he/she has started
tenhamos encetado
we have started
tenhais encetado
you all have started
tenham encetado
they have started
Future subjunctive tense
encetar
(if/so that) I will have started
encetares
(if/so that) you will have started
encetar
(if/so that) he/she will have started
encetarmos
(if/so that) we will have started
encetardes
(if/so that) you all will have started
encetarem
(if/so that) they will have started
Future perfect subjunctive tense
tiver encetado
I will have started
tiveres encetado
you will have started
tiver encetado
he/she will have started
tivermos encetado
we will have started
tiverdes encetado
you all will have started
tiverem encetado
they will have started
Tu
El(e/a)
Nos
Vos
El(es/as
Imperative mood
enceta
start!
encete
start!
encetemos
let's start!
encetai
start!
encetem
start!
Imperative negative mood
não encetes
do not start!
não encete
let him/her/it not start!
não encetemos
let us not start!
não enceteis
do not start!
não encetem
do not start!

Examples of encetar

No entanto, encetei as barricadas.

I've started the barricades, though.

Depois de se encontrar com Radavan Karadjic abriu o aeroporto e encetou uma acção de ajuda humanitária em larga escala.

After meeting with Radovan Karadzic, he opened Sarajevo airport and started wide-scale humanitarian aid action.

O filho tirou a arma ao pai, encetaram um amigável jogo da roleta russa, e as coisas simplesmente descontrolaram-se.

Junior got a hold of papa's gun, started to have a friendly game of Russian roulette. Things just got out of hand.