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construi
to build /konstruˈi/
verb#946 most common
Also: to construct, to build up (an idea, a relationship)
Example sentences
Vreau să construiesc o casă.
I want to build a house.
El construiește un pod nou.
He is building a new bridge.
Am construit o relație bazată pe încredere.
I built a relationship based on trust.
Muncitorii construiesc clădirea de doi ani.
The workers have been building the building for two years.
Dacă am fi avut mai mulți bani, am fi construit o casă mai mare.
If we had had more money, we would have built a bigger house.
Arhitectul a construit un concept teoretic complex pentru a explica fenomenul.
The architect constructed a complex theoretical concept to explain the phenomenon.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | construiesc | construii | voi construi |
| 2sg | construiești | construiși | vei construi |
| 3sg | construiește | construi | va construi |
| 1pl | construim | construirăm | vom construi |
| 2pl | construiți | construirăți | veți construi |
| 3pl | construiesc | construiră | vor construi |
Word family
construcțieconstruction, building
constructorbuilder, constructor
reconstruito rebuild
constructivconstructive
Etymology
Construi entered Romanian in the 19th century, during the wave of French and Latin borrowings that reshaped the language's modern vocabulary. It comes from French construire, which descends from Latin construere, a combination of com- (together) and struere (to pile up, build). The same Latin root gave English words like structure and construct through separate paths.
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