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aduna

to gather /a.duˈna/

verb#1545 most common

Also: to collect, to add up, to assemble

Example sentences

Ana adună mere din copac.
Ana gathers apples from the tree.
Copiii adună bani pentru un cadou.
The children are collecting money for a gift.
Trebuie să adunăm toate hârtiile până diseară.
We need to gather all the papers by tonight.
La sfârșitul orei, elevii au adunat numerele de pe tablă.
At the end of class, the students added up the numbers on the board.
Oamenii se adunaseră în piață cu mult înainte de discurs.
People had gathered in the square long before the speech.
S-ar fi adunat mai multă lume dacă nu ar fi plouat.
More people would have gathered if it hadn't rained.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgadunadunaivoi aduna
2sgaduniadunașivei aduna
3sgadunăadunăva aduna
1pladunămadunarămvom aduna
2pladunațiadunarățiveți aduna
3pladunăadunarăvor aduna

Word family

adunaregathering, assembly, or addition (in math)
adunatgathered, collected
adunăturăa motley or disreputable crowd (pejorative)
strângea near-synonym meaning to gather or squeeze together

Etymology

Aduna comes from Latin adunare, meaning to unite into one. That verb was built from the prefix ad- (toward) and unus (one). Romanian kept the sense of bringing separate things together, whether it is people, objects, or numbers.

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