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adăuga
to add /a.də.uˈɡa/
verb#2945 most common
Also: to append, to increase, augment
Example sentences
Vreau să adaug zahăr în cafea.
I want to add sugar to the coffee.
Poți să adaugi numărul meu de telefon?
Can you add my phone number?
Am adăugat mai multe informații în raport.
I added more information to the report.
Profesorul a adăugat un exemplu nou la explicație.
The teacher added a new example to the explanation.
Guvernul a decis să adauge o taxă suplimentară pe combustibil.
The government decided to add an extra tax on fuel.
Aș adăuga că această interpretare, deși plauzibilă, nu explică toate datele.
I would add that this interpretation, though plausible, does not explain all the data.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | adaug | adăugai | voi adăuga |
| 2sg | adaugi | adăugași | vei adăuga |
| 3sg | adaugă | adăugă | va adăuga |
| 1pl | adăugăm | adăugarăm | vom adăuga |
| 2pl | adăugați | adăugarăți | veți adăuga |
| 3pl | adaugă | adăugară | vor adăuga |
Word family
adăugarethe act of adding, addition
adăugatadded
adaosan addition, a surplus amount
readăugato add again
Etymology
Adăuga descends from Latin adaugere, a compound of the prefix ad- ("toward, to") and augere ("to increase, make grow"). Romanian kept the meaning almost unchanged: to increase something by adding to it. The same Latin root augere gave English its word augment.
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