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bântu
to haunt /bɨn.tuˈi/
verb#4602 most common
Also: to plague, to ravage, to afflict
Example sentences
Fantoma bântuie casa veche.
The ghost haunts the old house.
Furtuna bântuie satul în fiecare iarnă.
The storm ravages the village every winter.
Gândurile negre îl bântuie de multă vreme.
Dark thoughts have haunted him for a long time.
Casa aceea a fost bântuită de duhuri rele.
That house was haunted by evil spirits.
Amintirile din război o bântuiau în fiecare noapte.
Memories of the war haunted her every night.
Molima care bântui ținutul acela cu secole în urmă a rămas în legende.
The plague that ravaged that region centuries ago lived on in legends.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | bântui | bântuii | voi bântui |
| 2sg | bântui | bântuiși | vei bântui |
| 3sg | bântuie | bântui | va bântui |
| 1pl | bântuim | bântuirăm | vom bântui |
| 2pl | bântuiți | bântuirăți | veți bântui |
| 3pl | bântuie | bântuiră | vor bântui |
Word family
bântuirehaunting, the act of ravaging or afflicting
bântuit / bântuităhaunted, afflicted
bântuitorone that haunts or torments; haunting (adj.)
bântuialăturmoil, unrest (colloquial)
Etymology
The verb is a bântui, and bântu is simply its unchanging stem, present in every form of the paradigm (bântuie, bântuit, bântuire). Romanian dictionaries list the word's origin as uncertain. No settled source word has been agreed upon, so no root or foreign cognate can be given with confidence.
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