comencé

comencé is the first-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb comenzar. The verb comenzar means "to begin" or "to start." Therefore, "comencé" translates directly to "I began" or "I started" in English. It is used to describe an action that the speaker initiated in the past at a specific point in time. For example, "Comencé a estudiar español ayer" means "I started studying Spanish yesterday." The preterite tense is used for completed actions in the past, and "comencé" specifically denotes the speaker's personal commencement of an activity. It is a fundamental verb in Spanish and frequently used in everyday conversation and writing to express the initiation of events.