Appox. usage (any sense): 40500 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 5280 per million words
lua Verb, lua ▼ ▶
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(transitive) to take
Aș dori să iau prânzul cu tine.I would like to have lunch with you.Ia-mă cu tine.Take me with you.
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(transitive, informal) synonym of cumpăra (to buy)
Ce vrei să-ți iau de la magazin?What do you want me to buy you from the store?
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(intransitive) to take (to use up time)
Cât îți ia să ajungi?How long does it take you to arrive?
- (transitive) to pass an examination
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(transitive, of mental or physical states, informal) to come upon somebody
Mă ia tristețea când mă gândesc la asta.I get sad (literally, “sadness comes upon me”) when I think about it.Pe mulți îi ia strănutul când intră în atelierul de vopseluri.Many start sneezing (literally, “sneeze comes upon many”) when they enter the paint workshop.
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(transitive) to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way
a (o) lua încet/ușor (pe cineva): to go easy/slowly (on someone)a lua la bătaie: to give a beatinga lua în serios: to take seriouslyDe ce mă iei așa acuzator?Why are you acting so accusatory towards me?
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(with placeholder o) to go, head, take to, move
a o lua la vale: to (inertly) go downhillo lua înainte: to go ahead, in advanceDupă ce-ajungi în intersecție, trebuie s-o iei la stânga.After reaching the intersection, you must head left.
- (reflexive) to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)]
- (reflexive) to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)]
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(reflexive) to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)]
Mă luasem cu altele și am uitat.I’d got caught up in other things and forgot.
- (reflexive, colloquial) to mess with someone (act aggressively) [+ de (object)]
Appox. usage (any sense): 2240 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 2240 per million words
merge Verb, merge ▼ ▶
- to go
- to walk
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(impersonal) to be doing (used in expressions, always preceded by the dative form of the pronoun)
Îmi merge bine.I’m doing fine.
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(colloquial) to work, to function (of an instrument, machine or method)
Calculatorul nu mai merge.The computer doesn't work anymore.
Appox. usage (any sense): 2050 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 2050 per million words
duce Verb, duce ▼ ▶
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(transitive) to carry, lead, take
Trebuie să fie duși copiii la școală.The children must be taken to school.
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(intransitive) to lead, to go
Drumul ăsta duce la casa mea.This road leads to my house.
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(reflexive) to go
Mă duc acasă.I’m going home.
- (reflexive, figuratively) to die
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(transitive, or, intransitive, ;, mildly) to withstand, handle, weather, deal with
O să-ți dau de lucru de să nu poți duce.I’ll give you so much to do that you won’t be able to take it.
Appox. usage (any sense): 1400 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 1400 per million words
trece Verb, trece ▼ ▶
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(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.
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(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.
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(intransitive, with, de) to exceed a value
Luna aceasta temperaturile nu vor trece de 10 grade.Temperatures will not exceed 10 degrees this month.
- (intransitive, figurative) to leave behind, come to terms with something [+ peste (object)]
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(intransitive, with, de) to exceed a value
- (transitive) to cross a road, a river etc.
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(transitive) to take someone over, help cross something
Bacul ne trece peste Dunăre.The ferry is taking us across the Danube.
- (intransitive, of time) to pass (go by)
- (intransitive) to pass (be in the past)
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(intransitive) approach a new action or subject [+ la (object)]
a trece la fapte: to walk the walkDupă 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.
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(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.
- (intransitive) to make a visit, come over [+ (pe) la (object), person or place (object)]
- (transitive) to keep track, enter, catalogue, register, list in writing [+ în (object), means of record (object)]
- (ambitransitive) to pass a test
- (transitive, informal) to pass a student
- (copulative) to pass for [+ drept (object)]
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(intransitive, colloquial, chiefly, imperative, potentially rude) to go, move
Treci înapoi în bancă.Back to your desk.
- (intransitive, less common) to turn into, develop into [+ în (object)]
- (reflexive, of produce) to become overripe, go out of season
- (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, obsolete, rare, of an endeavour) to succeed for someone [+ dative]
- (reflexive, mostly, _, obsolete, of deceit or claims) to be believed
Appox. usage (any sense): 826 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 826 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 6.53 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 241 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 13.3 per million words
Appox. usage (any sense): 1120 per million words