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dansa
to dance /danˈsa/
verb#3997 most common
Also: was dancing / used to dance (imperfect 3rd person), to dance (bare infinitive after modal verbs like a putea, a ști)
Example sentences
Eu pot dansa.
I can dance.
Maria vrea să danseze la petrecere.
Maria wants to dance at the party.
El dansa în fiecare seară când era tânăr.
He used to dance every evening when he was young.
Deși era obosită, a decis să danseze până târziu în noapte.
Although she was tired, she decided to dance until late at night.
Cuplul dansa atât de grațios încât toți invitații au încremenit privindu-i.
The couple danced so gracefully that all the guests froze watching them.
Deși nu mai dansase de ani de zile, a pășit pe ringul de dans și a dansat de parcă timpul nu ar fi trecut deloc.
Although he hadn't danced in years, he stepped onto the dance floor and danced as if time hadn't passed at all.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | dansez | dansai | voi dansa |
| 2sg | dansezi | dansași | vei dansa |
| 3sg | dansează | dansă | va dansa |
| 1pl | dansăm | dansarăm | vom dansa |
| 2pl | dansați | dansarăți | veți dansa |
| 3pl | dansează | dansară | vor dansa |
Word family
dansa dance; dancing
dansatormale dancer
dansatoarefemale dancerdansantdanceable, dance-related (e.g. muzică dansantă, dance music)
Etymology
Dansa entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a large wave of French borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary, taken directly from French danser. French danser is generally traced back to Frankish, a Germanic language, though its exact root is disputed among etymologists. Romanian already had the older native verb a juca for traditional dance, so dansa arrived attached mainly to Western-style social and ballroom dancing.
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