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• Received-Pronunciation: /stɑːt/
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• General-American: stärt
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• General-American: /stɑɹt/
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• Canada: stärt
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• Canada: /stɑrt/
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• Canada: /start/
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• [sta̠ɹ̠t̚] Ottawa-Valley
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• [ʃtɛ̝ɹ̠θ̠] Ottawa-Valley
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
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Variant of stark.

Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.

From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan (“to startle, move, set in motion”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (“to rush, fall, collapse”) (Dutch storten), Old High German sturzen (“to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”) (German stürzen), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.

From Middle English stert, start (“tail, handle, projection”), from Old English steort (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz (“tail”). Cognate with Scots start, stairt (“side post, shaft, upright post”), Dutch staart (“tail”), German Sterz (“tail, handle”), Danish stjert (“tail of a bird”), Faroese stertur (“tail”), Icelandic stertur (“short horse tail”), Norn skjårt (“tail”), sterti (“tail of a large fish”), stjårt (“tail of a large fish”), Norwegian stjert (“tail of a bird”), Swedish stjärt (“tail, arse”).

The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.

509 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fillimi — beginning of an activity
• Albanian: nisja — beginning of an activity
• Arabic: نَجْمَة (najma) — beginning of an activity
• Arabic: اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ) — beginning of an activity
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — beginning of an activity
• Assamese: আৰম্ভ (arombho) — beginning of an activity
• Belarusian: пача́так (pačátak) — beginning of an activity
• Bengali: ইবতিদা (ibtida) — beginning of an activity
• Bengali: শুরু (śuru) — beginning of an activity
• Bengali: আগাজ (agaz) — beginning of an activity
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning of an activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 開始 /开始 (kāishǐ) — beginning of an activity
• Czech: začátek — beginning of an activity
• Danish: begyndelse — beginning of an activity
• Dutch: begin — beginning of an activity
• Dutch: start — beginning of an activity
• Dutch: aanvang — beginning of an activity
• Esperanto: eko — beginning of an activity
• Esperanto: komenco — beginning of an activity
• Faroese: byrjan — beginning of an activity
• Finnish: alku — beginning of an activity
• Finnish: aloitus — beginning of an activity
• Finnish: käynnistys — beginning of an activity
• Finnish: startti — beginning of an activity
• French: départ — beginning of an activity
• French: début — beginning of an activity
• Georgian: დასაწყისი (dasac̣q̇isi) — beginning of an activity
• German: Beginn — beginning of an activity
• German: Anfang — beginning of an activity
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹 (frumisti) — beginning of an activity
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (anastōdeins) — beginning of an activity
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — beginning of an activity
• Greek: ξεκίνημα (xekínima) — beginning of an activity
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχή (arkhḗ) — beginning of an activity
• Haitian Creole: kòmansman — beginning of an activity
• Hebrew: התחלה (hatkhalá) — beginning of an activity
• Hungarian: kezdet — beginning of an activity
• Icelandic: byrjun — beginning of an activity
• Icelandic: upphaf — beginning of an activity
• Ido: komenco — beginning of an activity
• Ingrian: alku — beginning of an activity
• Ingrian: alutos — beginning of an activity
• Italian: avvio — beginning of an activity
• Italian: partenza — beginning of an activity
• Italian: inizio — beginning of an activity
• Japanese: 開始 (kaishi) — beginning of an activity
• Japanese: 初め (hajime) — beginning of an activity
• Japanese: スタート (sutāto) — beginning of an activity
• Japanese: 出だし (dedashi) — beginning of an activity
• Kazakh: бас (bas) — beginning of an activity
• Korean: 처음 (cheo'eum) — beginning of an activity
• Korean: 시작 (sijak) — beginning of an activity
• Central Kurdish: سەرەتا (sereta) — beginning of an activity
• Latin: exordium — beginning of an activity
• Latin: orīgō — beginning of an activity
• Macedonian: по́четок (póčetok) — beginning of an activity
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᡴᠵᡳᠨ (fukjin) — beginning of an activity
• Māori: tīmatanga — beginning of an activity
• Māori: ōrokotīmatanga — beginning of an activity
• Mizo: bul — beginning of an activity
• Mizo: tìr — beginning of an activity
• Mizo: ṭan — beginning of an activity
• Mizo: ṭanna — beginning of an activity
• Pennsylvania German: Aabeginn — beginning of an activity
• Persian: آغاز (âġâz) — beginning of an activity
• Polish: początek — beginning of an activity
• Polish: zaczątek — beginning of an activity
• Portuguese: começo — beginning of an activity
• Portuguese: início — beginning of an activity
• Portuguese: princípio — beginning of an activity
• Romanian: început — beginning of an activity
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning of an activity
• Russian: старт (start) — beginning of an activity
• Inari-Sami: algâ — beginning of an activity
• Sanskrit: आद (āda) — beginning of an activity
• Sanskrit: आरम्भ (ārambha) — beginning of an activity
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — beginning of an activity
• Serbo-Croatian: почетак — beginning of an activity
• Serbo-Croatian: početak — beginning of an activity
• Sicilian: inizziu — beginning of an activity
• Slovak: začiatok — beginning of an activity
• Slovene: začetek — beginning of an activity
• Spanish: inicio — beginning of an activity
• Spanish: comienzo — beginning of an activity
• Spanish: empiece — beginning of an activity
• Spanish: empiezo — beginning of an activity
• Spanish: empezamiento — beginning of an activity
• Sranan Tongo: bigin — beginning of an activity
• Swedish: start — beginning of an activity
• Tagalog: simula — beginning of an activity
• Tamil: தொடக்கம் (toṭakkam) — beginning of an activity
• Tamil: ஆரம்பம் (ārampam) — beginning of an activity
• Telugu: ఆరంభము (ārambhamu) — beginning of an activity
• Telugu: ప్రారంభము (prārambhamu) — beginning of an activity
• Turkish: başlangıç — beginning of an activity
• Ukrainian: поча́ток (počátok) — beginning of an activity
• Vietnamese: bắt đầu — beginning of an activity
• Welsh: cychwyn — beginning of an activity
• Bulgarian: трепване (trepvane) — sudden involuntary movement
• Bulgarian: сепване (sepvane) — sudden involuntary movement
• Danish: ryk — sudden involuntary movement
• Danish: spjæt — sudden involuntary movement
• Esperanto: ekmovo — sudden involuntary movement
• Finnish: hätkähdys — sudden involuntary movement
• Finnish: säpsähdys — sudden involuntary movement
• German: Ruck — sudden involuntary movement
• Hungarian: rándulás — sudden involuntary movement
• Hungarian: összerándulás — sudden involuntary movement
• Hungarian: összerezzenés — sudden involuntary movement
• Icelandic: viðbragð — sudden involuntary movement
• Irish: geit — sudden involuntary movement
• Italian: sussulto — sudden involuntary movement
• Italian: sobbalzo — sudden involuntary movement
• Korean: 흠칫함 (heumchit-ham) — sudden involuntary movement
• Korean: 움찔함 (umjjilham) — sudden involuntary movement
• Māori: tamaki — sudden involuntary movement
• Māori: kahuki — sudden involuntary movement
• Māori: oho — sudden involuntary movement
• Māori: ohorere — sudden involuntary movement
• Māori: ohotata — sudden involuntary movement
• Norwegian Bokmål: rykk — sudden involuntary movement
• Occitan: subresaut — sudden involuntary movement
• Occitan: ressaut — sudden involuntary movement
• Portuguese: sobressalto — sudden involuntary movement
• Russian: рыво́к (ryvók) — sudden involuntary movement
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — sudden involuntary movement
• Scottish Gaelic: clisgeadh — sudden involuntary movement
• Serbo-Croatian: трзај — sudden involuntary movement
• Serbo-Croatian: покрет — sudden involuntary movement
• Serbo-Croatian: trzaj — sudden involuntary movement
• Serbo-Croatian: pokret — sudden involuntary movement
• Sicilian: scantazzu — sudden involuntary movement
• Spanish: respingo — sudden involuntary movement
• Swedish: ryck — sudden involuntary movement
• Albanian: nisja — beginning point of a race
• Arabic: نَجْمَة (najma) — beginning point of a race
• Armenian: մեկնարկ (meknark) — beginning point of a race
• Bulgarian: старт (start) — beginning point of a race
• Chinese Mandarin: 起点 (qǐdiǎn) — beginning point of a race
• Czech: start — beginning point of a race
• Danish: start — beginning point of a race
• Dutch: startlijn — beginning point of a race
• Finnish: lähtö — beginning point of a race
• French: départ — beginning point of a race
• Georgian: სტარტი (sṭarṭi) — beginning point of a race
• German: Start — beginning point of a race
• Greek: αφετηρία (afetiría) — beginning point of a race
• Greek: εκκίνηση (ekkínisi) — beginning point of a race
• Hebrew: התחלה (hatkhalá) — beginning point of a race
• Hungarian: rajt — beginning point of a race
• Hungarian: start — beginning point of a race
• Icelandic: upphaf — beginning point of a race
• Italian: avvio — beginning point of a race
• Italian: partenza — beginning point of a race
• Japanese: 開始地点 (kaishi chiten) — beginning point of a race
• Japanese: 始点 (shiten) — beginning point of a race
• Japanese: スタート地点 (sutāto chiten) — beginning point of a race
• Kazakh: сөре (söre) — beginning point of a race
• Māori: tīmatanga — beginning point of a race
• Māori: ōrokotīmatanga — beginning point of a race
• Norwegian Bokmål: opphav — beginning point of a race
• Polish: start — beginning point of a race
• Portuguese: largada — beginning point of a race
• Portuguese: partida — beginning point of a race
• Russian: старт (start) — beginning point of a race
• Serbo-Croatian: почетак — beginning point of a race
• Serbo-Croatian: полазиште — beginning point of a race
• Serbo-Croatian: početak — beginning point of a race
• Serbo-Croatian: polazište — beginning point of a race
• Sicilian: partenza — beginning point of a race
• Spanish: salida — beginning point of a race
• Tagalog: simula — beginning point of a race
• Turkish: start — beginning point of a race
• Bulgarian: титуляр (tituljar) — appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match
• Finnish: aloituskokoonpano — appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match
• Bulgarian: разсад (razsad) — horticulture: young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later
• Finnish: istukas — horticulture: young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later
• Finnish: taimi — horticulture: young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later
• Afrikaans: aangaan — to begin
• Albanian: fillo — to begin
• Albanian: Nis — to begin
• Southern Altai: баштаар (baštaar) — to begin
• Arabic: بَدَأَ (badaʔa) — to begin
• Arabic: بدا (bdā) — to begin
• Arabic: بلّش (ballaš) — to begin
• Arabic: بدا (bada) — to begin
• Arabic: بلّش (ballaš) — to begin
• Armenian: սկսել (sksel) — to begin
• Aromanian: ahurhescu — to begin
• Aromanian: ãnchisescu — to begin
• Aromanian: apãrnjescu — to begin
• Aromanian: ntsep — to begin
• Assamese: আৰম্ভ কৰ (arombho kor) — to begin
• Asturian: entamar — to begin
• Azerbaijani: başlamaq — to begin
• Belarusian: пачына́ць (pačynácʹ) — to begin
• Belarusian: пача́ць (pačácʹ) — to begin
• Belarusian: пачына́цца (pačynácca) — to begin
• Belarusian: пача́цца (pačácca) — to begin
• Bengali: শুরু করা (śuru kora) — to begin
• Bulgarian: запо́чвам (zapóčvam) — to begin
• Bulgarian: по́чвам (póčvam) — to begin
• Bulgarian: по́чна (póčna) — to begin
• Burmese: စ (ca.) — to begin
• Catalan: començar — to begin
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎴᏂᎭ (adaleniha) — to begin
• Chinese Cantonese: 開始 /开始 (hoi1 ci2) — to begin
• Chinese Mandarin: 開始 /开始 (kāishǐ) — to begin
• Czech: začínat — to begin
• Czech: začít — to begin
• Dalmatian: nizuor — to begin
• Dutch: beginnen — to begin
• Dutch: starten — to begin
• Dutch: aanvangen — to begin
• Esperanto: eki — to begin
• Finnish: aloittaa — to begin
• Finnish: alkaa — to begin
• French: commencer — to begin
• French: entamer — to begin
• French: débuter — to begin
• Old French: comencier — to begin
• North Frisian: öönfange — to begin
• Friulian: comença — to begin
• Galician: comezar — to begin
• Georgian: დაწყება (dac̣q̇eba) — to begin
• German: anfangen — to begin
• German: beginnen — to begin
• German: starten — to begin
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dustōdjan) — to begin
• Greek: ξεκινώ (xekinó) — to begin
• Ancient Greek: ἄρχομαι (árkhomai) — to begin
• Haitian Creole: komanse — to begin
• Hebrew: התחיל (hitkhíl) — to begin
• Hindi: शुरू करना (śurū karnā) — to begin
• Hungarian: elkezd — to begin
• Hungarian: megkezd — to begin
• Hungarian: kezd — to begin
• Icelandic: byrja — to begin
• Ingrian: alkaa — to begin
• Ingrian: noissa — to begin
• Ingrian: käyvvä — to begin
• Ingrian: lähtiä — to begin
• Ingrian: aluttaa — to begin
• Ingrian: täytyä — to begin
• Ingrian: ruveta — to begin
• Irish: cuir tús le — to begin
• Italian: cominciare — to begin
• Italian: iniziare — to begin
• Japanese: 始める (hajimeru) — to begin
• Japanese: 開始する (kaishi suru) — to begin
• Japanese: 始まる (hajimaru) — to begin
• Korean: 시작하다 (sijak-hada) — to begin
• Central Kurdish: دەسپێکردن (despêkirdin) — to begin
• Kyrgyz: баштоо (baştoo) — to begin
• Latin: incipiō — to begin
• Latin: ordior — to begin
• Latin: initiō — to begin
• Māori: tīmata — to begin
• Marathi: सुरू करणे (surū karṇe) — to begin
• Eastern Mari: тӱҥалаш (tüŋalaš) — to begin
• Khiamniungan Naga: yô — to begin
• Khiamniungan Naga: yōlòuh — to begin
• Nepali: शुरू गर्नु (śurū garnu) — to begin
• Norman: c'menchi — to begin
• Norwegian: begynne — to begin
• Occitan: començar — to begin
• Ojibwe: maad- — to begin
• Old English: onġinnan — to begin
• Persian: آغاز کردن (āghāz kardan) — to begin
• Persian: شروع کردن (shorū’ kardan) — to begin
• Persian: آغازیدن (âġâzidan) — to begin
• Polish: zacząć — to begin
• Portuguese: começar — to begin
• Portuguese: iniciar — to begin
• Portuguese: estartar — to begin
• Romanian: începe — to begin
• Russian: начина́ть (načinátʹ) — to begin
• Russian: нача́ть (načátʹ) — to begin
• Russian: начина́ться (načinátʹsja) — to begin
• Russian: нача́ться (načátʹsja) — to begin
• Santali: ᱮᱦᱳᱵ (ehop’) — to begin
• Scottish Gaelic: tòisich — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀че̄ти — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: започети — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: начнути — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: начети — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: pòčēti — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: započeti — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: načnuti — to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: načeti — to begin
• Shan: တႄႇ (tàae) — to begin
• Sicilian: accuminzari — to begin
• Sicilian: accuminciari — to begin
• Sicilian: attaccari — to begin
• Slovak: začať — to begin
• Slovak: začínať — to begin
• Slovene: začeti — to begin
• Spanish: empezar — to begin
• Spanish: decentar — to begin
• Spanish: encentar — to begin
• Spanish: incoar — to begin
• Sranan Tongo: bigin — to begin
• Swahili: -anza — to begin
• Swedish: börja — to begin
• Sylheti: ꠡꠥꠞꠥ ꠇꠞꠣ (śuru xora) — to begin
• Tagalog: magsimula — to begin
• Tamil: ஆரம்பி (ārampi) — to begin
• Tamil: துவங்கு (tuvaṅku) — to begin
• Tamil: தொடங்கு (toṭaṅku) — to begin
• Thai: เริ่ม (rə̂əm) — to begin
• Thai: เริ่มต้น (rə̂əm-dtôn) — to begin
• Thai: ตั้งต้น — to begin
• Turkish: başlamak — to begin
• Ukrainian: почина́ти (počynáty) — to begin
• Ukrainian: поча́ти (počáty) — to begin
• Ukrainian: почина́тися (počynátysja) — to begin
• Ukrainian: поча́тися (počátysja) — to begin
• Uzbek: boshlamoq — to begin
• Venetan: scuminsiar — to begin
• Vietnamese: bắt đầu — to begin
• Azerbaijani: işə salmaq — to set in motion
• Bengali: শুরু করা (śuru kora) — to set in motion
• Bulgarian: пускам (puskam) — to set in motion
• Catalan: començar — to set in motion
• Danish: starte — to set in motion
• Dutch: starten — to set in motion
• Esperanto: eki — to set in motion
• Finnish: käynnistää — to set in motion
• Finnish: aloittaa — to set in motion
• Finnish: laskea liikkeelle — to set in motion
• French: commencer — to set in motion
• Old French: comencier — to set in motion
• Galician: comezar — to set in motion
• German: anfangen — to set in motion
• German: streuen (rumour) — to set in motion
• German: gründen — to set in motion
• German: starten — to set in motion
• Hebrew: התחיל (hitkhíl) — to set in motion
• Hungarian: elindít — to set in motion
• Hungarian: indít — to set in motion
• Māori: timata — to set in motion
• Mizo: ṭan — to set in motion
• Neapolitan: accumencià — to set in motion
• Norwegian: starte — to set in motion
• Polish: ruszyć — to set in motion
• Portuguese: abrir — to set in motion
• Portuguese: começar — to set in motion
• Romanian: începe — to set in motion
• Russian: запуска́ть (zapuskátʹ) — to set in motion
• Russian: запусти́ть (zapustítʹ) — to set in motion
• Serbo-Croatian: zapustiti — to set in motion
• Serbo-Croatian: pustiti — to set in motion
• Serbo-Croatian: navesti — to set in motion
• Sicilian: attaccari — to set in motion
• Sicilian: fari pàrtiri — to set in motion
• Spanish: empezar — to set in motion
• Swedish: starta — to set in motion
• Afrikaans: aangaan — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Albanian: ndez — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Azerbaijani: işə salmaq — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Bulgarian: стартирам (startiram) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Catalan: engegar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Chickasaw: malichi — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Chinese Mandarin: 启动 (qǐdòng) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Dutch: starten — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Esperanto: eki — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Esperanto: starti — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Finnish: käynnistää — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Finnish: startata — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• French: démarrer — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• French: mettre en route — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Galician: iniciar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Galician: arrancar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• German: starten — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• German: anlassen — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Hebrew: התחיל (hitkhíl) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Hungarian: beindít — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Indonesian: menjalankan — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Italian: avviare — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Japanese: 始動する (shidō suru) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Malay: menjalankan — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Norman: stèrter — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Polish: uruchomić — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Polish: zapalić — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Polish: zapuścić — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Portuguese: ligar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Romanian: porni — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Russian: запуска́ть (zapuskátʹ) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Russian: запусти́ть (zapustítʹ) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Serbo-Croatian: pokrenuti — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Sicilian: fari pàrtiri — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Sicilian: aḍḍumari — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Sicilian: attaccari — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Slovene: zagnati — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Spanish: arrancar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Spanish: rancar — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Swedish: starta — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Swedish: sätta igång — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Tamil: கிளப்பு (kiḷappu) — to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine
• Bulgarian: подхващам (podhvaštam) — to put or raise a question or objection, to put forward
• Bulgarian: подхвана (podhvana) — to put or raise a question or objection, to put forward
• Dutch: beginnen — to put or raise a question or objection, to put forward
• Finnish: esittää — to put or raise a question or objection, to put forward
• Afrikaans: aangaan — of an activity, to begin
• Armenian: սկսվել (sksvel) — of an activity, to begin
• Bulgarian: започвам (započvam) — of an activity, to begin
• Catalan: començar — of an activity, to begin
• Dutch: starten — of an activity, to begin
• Dutch: beginnen — of an activity, to begin
• Dutch: aanvangen — of an activity, to begin
• Esperanto: eki — of an activity, to begin
• Esperanto: komenci — of an activity, to begin
• Finnish: alkaa — of an activity, to begin
• Finnish: aloittaa — of an activity, to begin
• Finnish: käynnistyä — of an activity, to begin
• French: commencer — of an activity, to begin
• French: débuter — of an activity, to begin
• Old French: comencier — of an activity, to begin
• German: beginnen — of an activity, to begin
• Hebrew: התחיל (hitkhíl) — of an activity, to begin
• Hebrew: פצח (patsákh) — of an activity, to begin
• Hungarian: elkezd — of an activity, to begin
• Hungarian: kezd — of an activity, to begin
• Italian: creare — of an activity, to begin
• Italian: avviare — of an activity, to begin
• Japanese: 始まる (hajimaru) — of an activity, to begin
• Central Kurdish: دەسپێکردن (despêkirdin) — of an activity, to begin
• Norman: c'menchi — of an activity, to begin
• Polish: zacząć — of an activity, to begin
• Polish: rozpocząć — of an activity, to begin
• Portuguese: começar — of an activity, to begin
• Russian: начина́ться (načinátʹsja) — of an activity, to begin
• Russian: нача́ться (načátʹsja) — of an activity, to begin
• Russian: стартова́ть (startovátʹ) — of an activity, to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: početi — of an activity, to begin
• Serbo-Croatian: započeti — of an activity, to begin
• Sicilian: attaccari — of an activity, to begin
• Sicilian: accuminciari — of an activity, to begin
• Sicilian: nnartari — of an activity, to begin
• Sicilian: ncignari — of an activity, to begin
• Sicilian: pàrtiri — of an activity, to begin
• Swedish: börja — of an activity, to begin
• Bulgarian: започвам (započvam) — to have its origin (at), begin
• Bulgarian: започна (započna) — to have its origin (at), begin
• Bulgarian: започвам се (započvam se) — to have its origin (at), begin
• Bulgarian: започна се (započna se) — to have its origin (at), begin
• Catalan: començar — to have its origin (at), begin
• Hungarian: kezdődik — to have its origin (at), begin
• Hungarian: elkezdődik — to have its origin (at), begin
• Hungarian: megkezdődik — to have its origin (at), begin
• Sicilian: pàrtiri — to have its origin (at), begin
• Bulgarian: трепвам (trepvam) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Bulgarian: сепвам се (sepvam se) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡鬧 /胡闹 (húnào) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Danish: rykke til — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Dutch: opschrikken — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Esperanto: ekmiri — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Esperanto: ekkonsterniĝi — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Esperanto: konsterniĝe resalti — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Faroese: hveppa — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Finnish: hätkähtää — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Finnish: säpsähtää — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• French: sursauter — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• German: zusammenfahren — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• German: zusammenzucken — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Hungarian: rándul — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Hungarian: összerándul — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Hungarian: megrezzen — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Hungarian: összerezzen — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Icelandic: hrökkva við — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Irish: geit — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Japanese: びくっとする (bikuttosuru) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: ohomauri — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: ohorere — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: ohotata — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: hiki — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: kōtiri — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: hoto — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Māori: kohema — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Polish: poderwać się — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Portuguese: sobressaltar — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Russian: дёргаться (djórgatʹsja) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Russian: дёрнуться (djórnutʹsja) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Russian: вздрагивать (vzdragivatʹ) — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Serbo-Croatian: trznuti — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Serbo-Croatian: trgnuti — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Sicilian: abbaguttiri — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Sicilian: risautari — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Swedish: rycka till — to jerk suddenly in surprise
• Bulgarian: стряскам се (strjaskam se) — to awaken suddenly
• Danish: vågne med et sæt — to awaken suddenly
• Finnish: säpsähtää — to awaken suddenly
• Finnish: havahtua — to awaken suddenly
• Finnish: herätä äkisti — to awaken suddenly
• German: auffahren — to awaken suddenly
• German: aufschrecken — to awaken suddenly
• Hungarian: felriad — to awaken suddenly
• Icelandic: hrökkva upp — to awaken suddenly
• Japanese: 飛び起きる (tobi-okiru) — to awaken suddenly
• Polish: zerwać się (z łóżka) — to awaken suddenly
• Sicilian: risautari — to awaken suddenly
• Bulgarian: отцепвам се (otcepvam se) — to break away, to come loose
• Bulgarian: отцепя се (otcepja se) — to break away, to come loose
• Danish: komme løs — to break away, to come loose
• Danish: løsrive sig — to break away, to come loose
• Finnish: irrota — to break away, to come loose
• German: sich lösen — to break away, to come loose
• Sicilian: allintari — to break away, to come loose