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arestaț

arrested /a.res.ˈtat/

adjective#4326 most common

Also: detained, in custody, under arrest

Example sentences

El este arestat.
He is arrested.
Poliția l-a arestat pe hoț.
The police arrested the thief.
Bărbatul arestat a fost dus la secția de poliție.
The arrested man was taken to the police station.
Ea a fost arestată pentru furt.
She was arrested for theft.
Cei trei suspecți arestați aseară vor fi audiați azi.
The three suspects arrested last night will be questioned today.
Deși fusese arestat de mai multe ori, nu renunțase la activitățile sale ilegale.
Although he had been arrested several times, he had not given up his illegal activities.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativearestat / arestatăarestați / arestate
Genitivearestatului / arestateiarestaților / arestatelor
Accusativearestat / arestatăarestați / arestate
Vocativearestatule / arestatoarestaților / arestatelor

Word family

a arestato arrest
arestarethe act of arresting; an arrestarestdetention, custody (e.g. arest la domiciliu, house arrest)
arestat / arestatăa detainee, a person under arrest

Etymology

Arestat is the past participle of a aresta, which Romanian borrowed from French arrêter during the nineteenth-century push to modernize the language with French vocabulary. French arrêter goes back to Vulgar Latin arrestare, built from ad- (toward) and restare (to remain, stand firm), itself from Latin stare (to stand). English arrest reached English by the same Latin route, through Old French, which is why the two words still match so closely in form and meaning.

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