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exprima

to express /ekspriˈma/

verb#3667 most common

Also: to voice, to convey, to articulate

Example sentences

Ea exprimă bucurie.
She expresses joy.
Nu știu cum să-mi exprim ideile.
I don't know how to express my ideas.
Copiii trebuie să își exprime opiniile liber.
Children must express their opinions freely.
Autorul exprimă o critică subtilă la adresa societății.
The author expresses a subtle criticism of society.
Discursul exprima o îngrijorare profundă privind viitorul economiei.
The speech expressed deep concern about the future of the economy.
Deși încerca să se exprime cât mai clar, ambiguitatea termenilor juridici îi îngreuna demersul.
Although he tried to express himself as clearly as possible, the ambiguity of the legal terms hindered his effort.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgexprimexprimaivoi exprima
2sgexprimiexprimașivei exprima
3sgexprimăexprimăva exprima
1plexprimămexprimarămvom exprima
2plexprimațiexprimarățiveți exprima
3plexprimăexprimarăvor exprima

Word family

exprimareexpression, the act of expressing
exprimabilexpressible
inexprimabilinexpressible
exprimatexpressed, stated
expresieexpression, phrase

Etymology

Exprima entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a learned borrowing from French exprimer, itself from Latin exprimere, "to press out" and by extension "to represent in words." It belongs to the wave of Latin and French vocabulary that modernized Romanian alongside older, inherited words. The Latin verb combines the prefix ex- ("out") with a weakened compound form of premere ("to press").

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