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cumpară
buys /ˈkum.pə.rə/
verb#4617 most common
Also: is buying, buy! (imperative)
Example sentences
Ea cumpără pâine.
She buys bread.
El cumpără un cadou pentru mama lui.
He buys a gift for his mother.
Cumpără bilete pentru concert diseară!
Buy tickets for the concert tonight!
Compania cumpără materie primă direct de la producători.
The company buys raw materials directly from producers.
Dacă piața rămâne instabilă, investitorul cumpără aur ca refugiu sigur.
If the market stays unstable, the investor buys gold as a safe haven.
Deși prețurile au crescut, ea tot cumpără acțiuni ale companiei, convinsă că valoarea lor va crește pe termen lung.
Although prices have risen, she still buys shares in the company, convinced their value will grow over the long term.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | cumpăr | cumpărai | voi cumpăra |
| 2sg | cumperi | cumpărași | vei cumpăra |
| 3sg | cumpără | cumpără | va cumpăra |
| 1pl | cumpărăm | cumpărarăm | vom cumpăra |
| 2pl | cumpărați | cumpărarăți | veți cumpăra |
| 3pl | cumpără | cumpărară | vor cumpăra |
Word family
cumpărarebuying, purchase (the act)
cumpărătorbuyer, customercumpărăturăa purchase, an item boughtnecumpăratunbought, unpurchased
Etymology
Cumpără is a form of the verb a cumpăra, which comes from Latin comparare, meaning to procure or obtain (a sense related to, but distinct from, the modern English "compare"). This Latin verb passed into several Romance languages with the specific meaning "to buy", not just into Romanian. The shift from "procure, get hold of" to "buy" happened as commercial exchange became the main way people acquired goods.
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