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identifica
to identify /i.den.ti.fiˈka/
verb#1876 most common
Also: to recognize, to pinpoint, to establish the identity of
Example sentences
Pot să identific culorile de pe hartă.
I can identify the colors on the map.
Ea identifică problema rapid.
She identifies the problem quickly.
Poliția a identificat suspectul chiar a doua zi.
The police identified the suspect the very next day.
Trebuie să identificăm cauza erorii înainte de a continua.
We must identify the cause of the error before continuing.
Cercetătorii au reușit să identifice mai multe specii necunoscute în pădurea tropicală.
The researchers managed to identify several unknown species in the tropical forest.
Autoritățile nu au putut identifica cu certitudine victimele, din cauza stării avansate de descompunere a corpurilor.
The authorities could not identify the victims with certainty, given the advanced state of decomposition of the bodies.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | identific | identificai | voi identifica |
| 2sg | identifici | identificași | vei identifica |
| 3sg | identifică | identifică | va identifica |
| 1pl | identificăm | identificarăm | vom identifica |
| 2pl | identificați | identificarăți | veți identifica |
| 3pl | identifică | identificară | vor identifica |
Word family
identitateidentityidenticidenticalidentificareidentification
identificatidentified
identificabilidentifiable
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "identifica" from French "identifier" during the 19th century, when Romanian scholars reshaped the language's vocabulary along French and Latin lines. The French verb itself traces to medieval Latin "identificare," built from "identicus" (identical) plus "facere" (to make or do). The core sense stayed constant across languages: to make or establish as the same, hence to determine identity.
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