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găsiț

found /ɡəˈsit/

verb#2121 most common

Also: discovered, located

Example sentences

Am găsit cheile.
I found the keys.
El a găsit un câine pe stradă.
He found a dog on the street.
Nu am găsit nimic interesant în magazin.
I didn't find anything interesting in the store.
Poliția a găsit mașina furată aproape de graniță.
The police found the stolen car near the border.
Documentele găsite în arhivă au schimbat cursul cercetării.
The documents found in the archive changed the course of the research.
Dacă ar fi fost găsit la timp, tratamentul i-ar fi salvat viața.
If he had been found in time, the treatment would have saved his life.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sggăsescgăsiivoi găsi
2sggăseștigăsișivei găsi
3sggăseștegăsiva găsi
1plgăsimgăsirămvom găsi
2plgăsițigăsirățiveți găsi
3plgăsescgăsirăvor găsi

Word family

a găsito find
găsirethe act of finding, discovery
regăsito find again, to rediscover
găsitfound (as a descriptive word, e.g. a found object)
de negăsitnowhere to be found, untraceable

Etymology

The verb a găsi, from which găsit is formed, has a disputed origin. Romanian dictionaries mark it as etymologically unclear, unlike most core Romanian vocabulary, which descends directly from Latin. Some scholars have proposed a Cuman or other substrate source, but no consensus exists. Because of this uncertainty, găsit cannot be traced back to a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root.

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