face Verb, face ▼ ▶

1. (transitive) to do, act
   Fă ce vrei.

   Do what you want.

   Azi am făcut niște treburi obositoare.

   Today I did some tiring things.

   Ce faci când ajungi acasă?

   What do you do when you get home?
2. (transitive) to make (construct, build, prepare, create, transform)
   Mama face mâncare.

   Mother is making food.

   Aici o să se facă niște case noi.

   Some new homes will be built here.

   În fiecare săptămână îmi fac programul.

   Every week I am making my schedule.
3. (transitive) to cause someone to do something
   A făcut ușa să nu mai scârțâie.

   He made the door stop creaking.

   O să te fac să-ți pese.

   I’ll make you care.

   Când am văzut asta, m-a făcut să pufnesc în râs.

   When I saw this, it made me burst out laughing.
4. (transitive) to make (render a certain way, turn into)
   Covorul face mersul în casă mai silențios.

   The carpet makes walking in the house less noisy.

   Camera asta o s-o facem sufragerie.

   We’ll make this room into a living room.
5. (transitive, potentially, _, childish) give birth to someone
   Mama l-a făcut la 28 de ani.

   His mother had him at 28.
6. (transitive) to develop a disease or certain physical features
7. (transitive, colloquial) call names
8. (transitive) to cover a certain distance
9. (transitive, informal) to become a certain age
10. (transitive) to turn one’s path to a certain direction
11. (intransitive) to cost
12. (impersonal, uncommon) to be advantageous, worth it to do something
13. (intransitive) to imitate or pretend to be something else, mockingly, deceitfully or humorously [+ pe (object)]
14. (reflexive) to pretend
15. (reflexive) to become or turn into
16. (reflexive) to become (adopt a career or path in life)
17. (reflexive, idiomatic, colloquial) to acquire, get hold of something on short notice
18. (reflexive, colloquial, mostly, imperative, somewhat) to come over immediately, get over here
19. (reflexive, with ce in direct or indirect questions) to deal with a situation
20. (reflexive) Introduces a narrative of a vision or a dream.
21. (reflexive, of feelings or sensations) to arise, get hold of somebody
22. (reflexive, impersonal) to get (become, change state)
    Se face târziu.

    It’s getting late.

Appox. usage (any sense): 8050 per million words

trece Verb, trece ▼ ▶

1. (intransitive) to pass by, through, etc. (enter and then leave an object’s vicinity or insides)
   Trece grăbit fără să salute.

   He passes hurriedly by without saying hello.
2. (chiefly, intransitive, with, de) to have passed something (leave behind in one’s path)
   Șoferul a trecut de ieșirea pe autostrada fără să o observe.

   The driver passed the highway exit without noticing it.
   1. (intransitive, with, de) to exceed a value
      Luna aceasta temperaturile nu vor trece de 10 grade.

      Temperatures will not exceed 10 degrees this month.
   2. (intransitive, figurative) to leave behind, come to terms with something [+ peste (object)]
3. (transitive) to cross a road, a river etc.
4. (transitive) to take someone over, help cross something
   Bacul ne trece peste Dunăre.

   The ferry is taking us across the Danube.
5. (intransitive, of time) to pass (go by)
6. (intransitive) to pass (be in the past)
   1. (of a sensation, state, emotion) to be over, pass, cease, no longer be felt by someone [+ dative]
7. (intransitive) approach a new action or subject [+ la (object)]
   a trece la fapte: to walk the walk

   După montare voi trece la vopsire.

   After putting it together, I’ll go on to paint it.

   Să trecem acum la experiența dumneavoastră profesională.

   Let’s now discuss your work experience.
8. (intransitive) to change into a state
   Molecula trece în starea excitată.

   The molecule enters an excited state.

   A trecut de la prieten la dușman.

   He went from friend to enemy.
9. (intransitive) to make a visit, come over [+ (pe) la (object), person or place (object)]
10. (transitive) to keep track, enter, catalogue, register, list in writing [+ în (object), means of record (object)]
11. (ambitransitive) to pass a test
12. (transitive, informal) to pass a student
13. (copulative) to pass for [+ drept (object)]
14. (intransitive, colloquial, chiefly, imperative, potentially rude) to go, move
    Treci înapoi în bancă.

    Back to your desk.
15. (intransitive, less common) to turn into, develop into [+ în (object)]
16. (reflexive, of produce) to become overripe, go out of season
17. (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, obsolete, rare, of an endeavour) to succeed for someone [+ dative]
18. (reflexive, most­ly, _, obsolete, of deceit or claims) to be believed

Appox. usage (any sense): 826 per million words