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găsește
finds /ɡəˈseʃte/
verb#1493 most common
Also: find! (imperative), is finding
Example sentences
Ea găsește cheile pe masă.
She finds the keys on the table.
Copilul găsește o jucărie în curte.
The child finds a toy in the yard.
El găsește întotdeauna o scuză.
He always finds an excuse.
Găsește-mi te rog un pix, dacă poți.
Find me a pen, please, if you can.
Ea găsește greu timp liber din cauza serviciului.
She finds it hard to get free time because of work.
Deși caută de multă vreme, cercetătorul nu găsește dovezi concludente pentru ipoteza sa.
Although he has been searching for a long time, the researcher does not find conclusive evidence for his hypothesis.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | găsesc | găsii | voi găsi |
| 2sg | găsești | găsiși | vei găsi |
| 3sg | găsește | găsi | va găsi |
| 1pl | găsim | găsirăm | vom găsi |
| 2pl | găsiți | găsirăți | veți găsi |
| 3pl | găsesc | găsiră | vor găsi |
Word family
a găsito find
găsirefinding, discoverygăsitfound
regăsito find again, rediscover
de negăsitunfindable, nowhere to be found
Etymology
The root găs- has no agreed source in Latin, and Romanian dictionaries generally mark its origin as uncertain. Some linguists connect it to Albanian gjej ('I find'), suggesting both words come from a shared pre-Roman Balkan substrate language, though this stays a hypothesis rather than a settled fact. The ending -ește is better understood: it continues the Latin inchoative infix -escere, the same element behind Italian -isce and French -it verb forms, and it shows up across Romanian in verbs like citește ('reads') and iubește ('loves').
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