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iert

to forgive /jert/

verb#3089 most common

Also: to pardon, to excuse

Example sentences

Te iert.
I forgive you.
Mă ierți, te rog?
Will you forgive me, please?
Părinții mei m-au iertat pentru greșeala pe care am făcut-o.
My parents forgave me for the mistake I made.
Nu știu dacă voi putea vreodată să-l iert pe cel care ne-a mințit.
I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive the one who lied to us.
Deși durerea rămâne, am ales să iert, nu pentru el, ci pentru propria mea pace sufletească.
Although the pain remains, I chose to forgive, not for him, but for my own peace of mind.
Iertarea presupune adesea un proces îndelungat în care înveți, treptat, să ierți fără să uiți suferința îndurată.
Forgiveness often requires a long process in which you gradually learn to forgive without forgetting the suffering endured.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgiertiertaivoi ierta
2sgierțiiertașivei ierta
3sgiartăiertăva ierta
1pliertămiertarămvom ierta
2pliertațiiertarățiveți ierta
3pliartăiertarăvor ierta

Word family

iertareforgivenessiertatforgiven
de neiertatunforgivable
iertătorforgiving
a se iertato forgive each other or oneself

Etymology

"Iert" is the first-person singular present of "a ierta", the Romanian verb for forgiving. Linguists trace it to the Latin verb "libertare", meaning to free or liberate. Over centuries the initial syllable wore away, turning "libertare" into "erta" and then "ierta". The link between forgiving and freeing survives in the meaning: to forgive someone is to release them from a debt or obligation.

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