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depune

to deposit / to submit (a document, application, or oath) /deˈpune/

verb#1501 most common

Also: to file (a complaint or request), to testify (depune mărturie), to lodge (with an authority)

Example sentences

El depune bani la bancă.
He deposits money at the bank.
Ea depune actele la primărie.
She submits the documents at the city hall.
Trebuie să depun cererea până vineri.
I have to submit the application by Friday.
Martorul depune mărturie în fața instanței.
The witness gives testimony before the court.
Președintele va depune jurământul mâine.
The president will take the oath tomorrow.
Deși dovezile depuse la dosar erau contradictorii, avocatul a reușit să demonstreze nevinovăția clientului său.
Although the evidence submitted to the file was contradictory, the lawyer managed to prove his client's innocence.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgdepundepuseivoi depune
2sgdepuidepuseșivei depune
3sgdepunedepuseva depune
1pldepunemdepuserămvom depune
2pldepunețidepuserățiveți depune
3pldepundepuserăvor depune

Word family

depuneredeposit; submission; filing
depusdeposited, submitted (past participle used as adjective)
depunătordepositor (person who deposits money)
puneto put, to placedispuneto arrange, to have at one's disposal

Etymology

Depune comes from Latin deponere, a combination of the prefix de- (down, away) and ponere (to put, to place). The Latin verb already carried the sense of setting something down for safekeeping or formally placing it on record, which is why Romanian depune covers both depositing money and submitting official papers. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages with similar bureaucratic and financial senses.

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