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acuza
to accuse /a.ˈku.za/
verb#2052 most common
Also: to charge (with a crime), to blame
Example sentences
Nu-l acuza degeaba!
Don't accuse him for nothing!
El o acuză de minciună.
He accuses her of lying.
Nu poți să acuzi pe cineva fără dovezi.
You can't accuse someone without evidence.
Procurorul l-a acuzat pe inculpat de omor.
The prosecutor accused the defendant of murder.
Vom fi acuzați de neglijență dacă nu terminăm proiectul la timp.
We will be accused of negligence if we don't finish the project on time.
Ar acuza pe oricine numai ca să-și acopere propriile greșeli, ceea ce spune multe despre caracterul său.
He would accuse anyone just to cover his own mistakes, which says a lot about his character.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | acuz | acuzai | voi acuza |
| 2sg | acuzi | acuzași | vei acuza |
| 3sg | acuză | acuză | va acuza |
| 1pl | acuzăm | acuzarăm | vom acuza |
| 2pl | acuzați | acuzarăți | veți acuza |
| 3pl | acuză | acuzară | vor acuza |
Word family
acuzataccused, defendantacuzațieaccusation
acuzatoraccuser; accusatory
acuzativaccusative (grammatical case)
a se acuzato accuse oneself or each other
Etymology
Acuza entered Romanian from French accuser, part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that reshaped Romanian vocabulary in the 19th century. French accuser goes back to Latin accusare, a compound of ad- (toward) and causa (cause, legal case). The Latin verb originally meant to bring a legal case against someone, and Romanian kept both that narrow legal sense and a broader everyday sense of blaming.
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