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iertă

forgave /ˈjer.tə/

verb#2917 most common

Also: pardoned, let off

Example sentences

Mama îl iertă și îl îmbrățișă.
Mother forgave him and hugged him.
Împăratul o iertă pe fata săracă.
The emperor forgave the poor girl.
Bunicul iertă copilul pentru greșeala lui.
The grandfather forgave the child for his mistake.
Prințesa iertă trădarea cavalerului, deși inima îi era grea.
The princess forgave the knight's betrayal, though her heart was heavy.
Preotul iertă păcatele bătrânului înainte ca acesta să moară.
The priest forgave the old man's sins before he died.
Abia atunci sufletul ei iertă cu adevărat toate nedreptățile îndurate de-a lungul anilor.
Only then did her soul truly forgive all the injustices endured over the years.

Conjugation

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

Word family

iertareforgiveness
iertat/iertatăforgiven
neiertatunforgiven, unforgivable
iertătorforgiving (by nature)
a se iertato forgive each other, to forgive oneself

Etymology

Iertă is the third person singular simple past of the verb a ierta, to forgive. The verb comes from Latin libertare, to free or liberate, a derivative of liber, free. Over centuries the sense shifted from freeing someone physically to releasing them from blame or debt, which is how forgiveness works in most languages.

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