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eu começava

was beginning, was starting

k u m ɨ s a v ɐ → começar
começ to begin, to start + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #27,852
was beginning, was starting Also means “began” or “used to begin,” depending on context.
PO: A festa começava quando chegamos.
EN: The party was just starting when we arrived.
Conjugation of começar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First começava —
Third começava —

Começava a chover.

It was starting to rain.

Atirei no gordo, que começava a se levantar do chão do meu quarto.

I shot the fat man, who was starting to get up off the floor of my room.

Como começava?

How did it start?

A essa altura, a plateia começava a ficar barulhenta.

By that point, the audience was starting to get noisy.

Não, quinze por dez começava a parecer completamente absurdo.

No, fifteen by ten was starting to seem completely absurd.

Eu tinha outras tarefas, sem falar que minha cabeça começava a girar.

I had other things to do, not to mention that my head was starting to spin.

Quando chegamos à mina, sentimos que a realidade começava a mudar.

When we arrived at the mine, we felt reality beginning to change.

— Diários de Motocicleta (2004)

De algum modo tenho que admitir que meu jogo começava a se libertar.

Somehow I have to admit that my game was starting to break free.

— Adeus, Lênin! (2003)

Não sabias a que horas começava a reunião?

Didn't you know what time the meeting started?

O mundo começava e acabava naquele pedaço de terra.

The world began and ended on that patch of land.

— A Lenda do Pianista do Mar (1998)