This is the 321st most frequent Catalan word.
començat
"Començat" means "begun" or "started" in English.
In this sentence, 'començat' is a past participle used with the auxiliary verb 'he' to form the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started recently.
He començat a llegir un nou llibre.
I have started reading a new book.
Here, 'començat' functions as an adjective describing the state of 'projecte,' meaning it is initiated but unfinished.
Aquest projecte està començat, però encara no està complet.
This project is started but not yet completed.
In this example, 'començat' is part of the pluperfect (past perfect) tense, combined with the auxiliary verb 'havia' in the negative and expressing an action that had not occurred by a past moment.