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dispărea

to disappear /dis.pəˈre̯a/

verb#438 most common

Also: to vanish, to die out, to go missing

Example sentences

Pisica a dispărut.
The cat has disappeared.
Soarele va dispărea în curând după nori.
The sun will soon disappear behind the clouds.
Multe specii de animale dispar din cauza schimbărilor climatice.
Many animal species are disappearing because of climate change.
Dacă nu găsim o soluție, tradiția aceasta va dispărea complet.
If we don't find a solution, this tradition will disappear completely.
Se spune că civilizația antică a dispărut brusc, fără nicio explicație clară.
It is said that the ancient civilization disappeared suddenly, with no clear explanation.
Filosofii dezbat dacă conștiința umană poate dispărea complet odată cu moartea creierului, sau dacă persistă într-o formă oarecare.
Philosophers debate whether human consciousness can disappear entirely with the death of the brain, or whether it persists in some form.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgdispardispăruivoi dispărea
2sgdisparidispărușivei dispărea
3sgdisparedispăruva dispărea
1pldispăremdispărurămvom dispărea
2pldispărețidispărurățiveți dispărea
3pldispardispărurăvor dispărea

Word family

disparițiedisappearance
dispărutdisappeared, vanished (past participle)
apăreato appearpăreato seemaparentapparent, seeming

Etymology

Dispărea is built from the prefix dis-, marking reversal or undoing, and părea, the verb meaning "to seem" or "to appear", which comes from Latin parere. The same root gives Romanian apărea, "to appear", formed with the opposite prefix a-. So dispărea literally means to stop appearing, to go out of sight.

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More Romanian words

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