Learn Romanian › compara
compara
to compare /kom.paˈra/
verb#4820 most common
Also: to liken, to match up
Example sentences
Eu compar prețurile la două magazine.
I compare prices at two stores.
Poți să compari cele două rochii?
Can you compare the two dresses?
Nu poți compara mărul cu portocala.
You can't compare an apple to an orange.
Profesorii ne cer adesea să comparăm rezultatele testelor.
Teachers often ask us to compare the test results.
Când eram copil, tata compara mereu notele mele cu ale fratelui meu.
When I was a child, dad always used to compare my grades with my brother's.
Istoricii compară adesea ascensiunea imperiilor antice cu declinul celor moderne, căutând tipare repetitive.
Historians often compare the rise of ancient empires with the decline of modern ones, looking for recurring patterns.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | compar | comparai | voi compara |
| 2sg | compari | comparași | vei compara |
| 3sg | compară | compară | va compara |
| 1pl | comparăm | compararăm | vom compara |
| 2pl | comparați | compararăți | veți compara |
| 3pl | compară | comparară | vor compara |
Word family
comparațiecomparison
comparativcomparative
comparabilcomparable
incomparabilincomparable
comparabilitatecomparability
Etymology
Compara entered Romanian as a learned borrowing from French comparer, itself from Latin comparare, during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize the language. Latin comparare was built from com- (together) and parare (to prepare, arrange), a verb tied to par (equal). The original sense was to place things side by side as equals in order to judge them.
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