Learn Romanian › după

după

after /duˈpə/

other#86 most common

Also: behind, according to

Example sentences

Vin după tine peste cinci minute.
I'll come get you in five minutes.
După ploaie, cerul s-a limpezit.
After the rain, the sky cleared up.
Am plecat după ce s-a terminat filmul.
I left after the movie ended.
După mine, ai dreptate.
In my opinion, you're right.
Compania se conduce după reguli stricte.
The company operates according to strict rules.
Totul s-a desfășurat exact după cum fusese planificat.
Everything unfolded exactly as it had been planned.

Word family

după-amiazăafternoon
după-masăthe time right after a meal, afternoon
după cumaccording to how, as
pe dupăbehind (colloquial, spatial)

Etymology

După comes from the Latin phrase de post, a combination of de (from) and post (after, behind). This same Latin phrase gave rise to similar words in other Romance languages. Over centuries the two Latin words fused into one Romanian preposition with the meaning of both time (after) and manner (according to).

Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free

More Romanian words

nevoieneedduceto carryîntâmplato happenuitato forgetrugaprayertatăfatheratuncithenplecato leave, to depart