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grăbi
to hurry /ɡrəˈbi/
verb#2429 most common
Also: to rush, to hasten, to speed up (something)
Example sentences
Mă grăbesc.
I'm in a hurry.
Ea se grăbește la școală.
She hurries to school.
Nu te grăbi, avem timp destul.
Don't rush, we have enough time.
Trebuie să ne grăbim ca să prindem trenul.
We have to hurry to catch the train.
Directorul a decis să grăbească finalizarea proiectului.
The director decided to speed up the completion of the project.
Deși evenimentele s-au grăbit peste așteptări, echipa a reușit să se adapteze rapid.
Although events accelerated faster than expected, the team managed to adapt quickly.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | grăbesc | grăbii | voi grăbi |
| 2sg | grăbești | grăbiși | vei grăbi |
| 3sg | grăbește | grăbi | va grăbi |
| 1pl | grăbim | grăbirăm | vom grăbi |
| 2pl | grăbiți | grăbirăți | veți grăbi |
| 3pl | grăbesc | grăbiră | vor grăbi |
Word family
Etymology
Grăbi comes from the Romanian noun grabă, meaning haste, with the verbal suffix -i added to form the infinitive. Grabă itself is a borrowing from a Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic and Bulgarian words for seizing or grabbing. The sense shifted from grabbing something to acting in haste, the urgency of a quick grab standing in for the urgency of hurrying.
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