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fura

to steal /fuˈra/

verb#539 most common

Also: to rob, to pilfer, to swipe (informal)

Example sentences

Hoțul fură bani din bancă.
The thief steals money from the bank.
Nu fura niciodată!
Never steal!
El poate fura orice dacă nu este atent nimeni.
He can steal anything if no one is paying attention.
Copiii au fost avertizați să nu fure dulciuri din magazin.
The children were warned not to steal candy from the store.
Se zvonea că fostul angajat obișnuia să fure documente confidențiale de la firmă.
It was rumored that the former employee used to steal confidential documents from the firm.
Dacă ar fi vrut cu adevărat să fure identitatea cuiva, ar fi avut nevoie de mult mai multe informații personale.
If he had truly wanted to steal someone's identity, he would have needed much more personal information.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgfurfuraivoi fura
2sgfurifurașivei fura
3sgfurăfurăva fura
1plfurămfurarămvom fura
2plfurațifurarățiveți fura
3plfurăfurarăvor fura

Word family

furtthefthoțthieffuratstolen
furișstealthily, furtively
furtișagpetty theft, pilfering

Etymology

Fura comes from Latin furari, meaning to steal, which is built on the noun fur, thief. The Latin word fur itself traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root for thief, related to the idea of carrying something off. Romanian kept this Latin verb almost unchanged, unlike many other Romance languages, which shifted to words based on robare or the Germanic stem for rob.

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