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aluneca
to slide, to slip /a.luˈne.ka/
verb#3787 most common
Also: to skid, to glide, to slither
Example sentences
Copilul aluneca pe gheață.
The child was sliding on the ice.
Eu alunec des pe gheață iarna.
I slip often on ice in winter.
Mașina a alunecat pe carosabilul ud după ploaie.
The car skidded on the wet road after the rain.
Piciorul i-a alunecat pe treaptă și aproape a căzut.
Her foot slipped on the step and she almost fell.
Prețurile acțiunilor au început să alunece treptat în ultima săptămână.
Stock prices have started to slide gradually over the past week.
Deși gheața părea groasă, patinatoarea a alunecat cu o eleganță care ascundea riscul unei căderi grave.
Although the ice seemed thick, the skater glided with an elegance that hid the risk of a serious fall.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | alunec | alunecai | voi aluneca |
| 2sg | aluneci | alunecași | vei aluneca |
| 3sg | alunecă | alunecă | va aluneca |
| 1pl | alunecăm | alunecarăm | vom aluneca |
| 2pl | alunecați | alunecarăți | veți aluneca |
| 3pl | alunecă | alunecară | vor aluneca |
Word family
alunecarea slide, a slip, the act of sliding
alunecosslippery
alunecușa slippery patch or slide
alunecătorsliding, slippery
alunecare de terenlandslide
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries list the origin of "aluneca" as uncertain. The initial "a" is the ordinary Romanian infinitive marker, and the verb stem "lunec-" also appears on its own in regional speech as "a luneca" with the same sense. No confirmed link to a Latin, Slavic, or other source word has been established.
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