prosti Verb, prosti ▼ ▶

1. (transitive) to fool, to trick
   Synonyms: păcăli
2. (reflexive) to act goofy, fool around
3. (reflexive, or, transitive, often, participle) to stupefy, make unable to think
   Synonyms: tâmpi
   • , Alexandru Macedonski, Cârjaliul, chapter 3:
     Smărăndița nu mai știa de bucurie, iar Dobre sta prostit în mijlocul casei neștiind cum să explice o asemenea întîmplare.: Smărăndița was beside herself with joy, and Dobre was sitting stupefied in the middle of the house, not knowing how to explain such an event.
4. (reflexive) to become stupid
5. (reflexive, rare, of things) to lose quality, deteriorate, no longer correspond
6. (reflexive, rare) to become weak
7. (rare, obsolete) to pretend to be something else
8. (reflexive, or, transitive, vanishingly, _) to make or become ugly

Appox. usage (any sense): 94.1 per million words

tâmpi Verb, tâmpi

1. to stupefy, make stupid, besot, flabbergast
2. (figuratively) to blunt, dull
3. to stultify

Appox. usage (any sense): 15.4 per million words