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judecă

judges (he/she/it judges), or judge! (command) /ʒuˈdekə/

verb#4001 most common

Also: to try (a case in court), to think over, to reason about, judge! (imperative)

Example sentences

Judecătorul judecă azi.
The judge judges today.
Ea judecă rapid situația.
She judges the situation quickly.
Nu judeca oamenii după aparențe.
Don't judge people by appearances.
Instanța judecă acest caz de mai bine de un an.
The court has been trying this case for over a year.
Judecă fapta, nu persoana, spunea bunica mereu.
Judge the deed, not the person, grandma always used to say.
Completul de judecată judecă în prezent recursul formulat împotriva sentinței inițiale.
The panel is currently hearing the appeal filed against the original sentence.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgjudecjudecaivoi judeca
2sgjudecijudecașivei judeca
3sgjudecăjudecăva judeca
1pljudecămjudecarămvom judeca
2pljudecațijudecarățiveți judeca
3pljudecăjudecarăvor judeca

Word family

judecatăjudgment, trial, sense of reasonjudecătorjudge
judecătorielocal court
judiciarjudicial
prejudecatăprejudice

Etymology

Judecă is a form of the verb a judeca, inherited from Latin iudicare. Iudicare is built from ius, meaning law or right, joined to the root of dicere, meaning to say or pronounce, so the original sense was to pronounce the law. Romanian kept this legal core and broadened it to cover everyday judgment and opinion, much as other Romance languages did.

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