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arestă
he/she arrested /a.resˈtə/
verb#4499 most common
Also: he/she detained, he/she took into custody
Example sentences
Poliția arestă hoțul.
The police arrested the thief.
Ieri, polițistul arestă un bărbat suspect.
Yesterday, the policeman arrested a suspicious man.
Comisarul arestă imediat suspectul, fără să stea pe gânduri.
The inspector arrested the suspect at once, without hesitating.
În noaptea aceea, jandarmul arestă doi contrabandiști la graniță.
That night, the gendarme arrested two smugglers at the border.
Cronica judiciară povestește cum inspectorul arestă banditul chiar în plină zi, în fața mulțimii adunate.
The court report tells how the inspector arrested the bandit in broad daylight, in front of the gathered crowd.
În romanul de mister, detectivul arestă vinovatul abia după ce toate piesele puzzle-ului se așezaseră la locul lor.
In the mystery novel, the detective arrested the culprit only after all the pieces of the puzzle had fallen into place.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | arestez | arestai | voi aresta |
| 2sg | arestezi | arestași | vei aresta |
| 3sg | arestează | arestă | va aresta |
| 1pl | arestăm | arestarăm | vom aresta |
| 2pl | arestați | arestarăți | veți aresta |
| 3pl | arestează | arestară | vor aresta |
Word family
arestato arrest (infinitive)arestarearrest, the act of arresting
arestatan arrested person, under arrest
arestcustody, detention (as in arest la domiciliu, house arrest)Etymology
"Arestă" is the third-person singular simple past of the verb "a aresta", to arrest. Romanian borrowed "aresta" from French "arrêter", which goes back to Latin "ad-" plus "restare", to remain or stand firm. The underlying idea is stopping someone and holding them in place.
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