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expira

to expire (become invalid, run out) /ekspiˈra/

verb#3943 most common

Also: to exhale, breathe out, to breathe one's last (literary)

Example sentences

Laptele expiră mâine.
The milk expires tomorrow.
Pastilele acestea expiră luna viitoare.
These pills expire next month.
Inspiră adânc, apoi expiră încet pe gură.
Breathe in deeply, then breathe out slowly through your mouth.
Buletinul meu expiră în curând, trebuie să-l reînnoiesc.
My ID card expires soon, I need to renew it.
Dacă nu plătești abonamentul, acesta va expira la finalul lunii.
If you don't pay the subscription, it will expire at the end of the month.
Termenul de garanție pentru acest produs expiră după doi ani de la achiziție.
The warranty period for this product expires two years after purchase.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgexpirexpiraivoi expira
2sgexpiriexpirașivei expira
3sgexpirăexpirăva expira
1plexpirămexpirarămvom expira
2plexpirațiexpirarățiveți expira
3plexpirăexpirarăvor expira

Word family

expirareexpiration; exhalation
expiratexpired
inspirato inhalerespirato breathe
neexpiratnot yet expired

Etymology

The word comes from Latin "exspirare" (also spelled "expirare"), built from "ex-" (out) and "spirare" (to breathe). The original sense was literally to breathe out, and it later widened to mean to die or, in modern usage, to become invalid at the end of a set period. Romanian inherited both the literal breathing sense and the figurative one for deadlines and documents.

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