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calci
you step/tread (on) /ˈkaltʃʲ/
verb#4046 most common
Also: you iron (clothes), you break/violate (a law, rule)
Example sentences
Calci pe piciorul meu!
You're stepping on my foot!
De ce calci desculț pe zăpadă?
Why are you walking barefoot in the snow?
Dacă calci în apă, te uzi la pantofi.
If you step in water, your shoes get wet.
Tu calci cămășile în fiecare duminică.
You iron the shirts every Sunday.
Când calci legea, trebuie să suporți consecințele.
When you break the law, you must bear the consequences.
Dacă mai calci strâmb o dată, riști să te accidentezi.
If you misstep once more, you risk hurting yourself.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | calc | călcai | voi călca |
| 2sg | calci | călcași | vei călca |
| 3sg | calcă | călcă | va călca |
| 1pl | călcăm | călcarăm | vom călca |
| 2pl | călcați | călcarăți | veți călca |
| 3pl | calcă | călcară | vor călca |
Word family
a călcato step/tread on, to iron, to violate
călcatironed; the ironing
călcaretreading; trespass, violation
călcâiheel
fier de călcatclothes iron
Etymology
"Calci" is the second-person singular present of "a călca", from Latin "calcare", meaning to tread or trample, which comes from "calx" (heel). The verb kept its literal sense of stepping on something and extended metaphorically to ironing clothes, since pressing a hot iron down resembles treading, and to violating rules, as in "a călca legea" (to break the law).
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