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interveni
to intervene /in.ter.veˈni/
verb#2657 most common
Also: to step in, to interfere, to arise/come up (impersonal)
Example sentences
Poliția va interveni imediat.
The police will intervene immediately.
Dacă e nevoie, intervin eu.
If it's needed, I'll step in.
Medicii au intervenit rapid pentru a-l salva.
The doctors intervened quickly to save him.
A intervenit o problemă neașteptată în ultimul moment.
An unexpected problem came up at the last moment.
Profesorul a intervenit în discuție pentru a clarifica anumite aspecte controversate.
The teacher stepped into the discussion to clarify a few contested points.
Dacă autoritățile nu ar fi intervenit la timp, situația s-ar fi agravat considerabil.
Had the authorities not intervened in time, the situation would have worsened considerably.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | intervin | intervenii | voi interveni |
| 2sg | intervii | intervenași | vei interveni |
| 3sg | intervine | interveni | va interveni |
| 1pl | intervenim | intervenirăm | vom interveni |
| 2pl | interveniți | intervenirăți | veți interveni |
| 3pl | intervin | interveniră | vor interveni |
Word family
intervențieintervention
intervenientintervening party (legal term)
prevenito prevent, to forewarnconvenito suit, to agree uponevenimenteventEtymology
Interveni comes from French intervenir, which traces to Latin intervenire, a compound of inter (between) and venire (to come). The literal sense, to come between, narrowed over time into the modern meanings of stepping in to affect an outcome or, impersonally, of a new fact suddenly arising. Romanian borrowed the word as part of its 19th-century wave of French-based vocabulary.
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