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judeca

to judge /ʒuˈdeka/

verb#3567 most common

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

Example sentences

Nu judeca oamenii.
Don't judge people.
Ea judecă oamenii după haine.
She judges people by their clothes.
Judecătorul va judeca acest caz mâine.
The judge will try this case tomorrow.
Nu poți judeca o carte după copertă.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Instanța a judecat cauza în lipsa inculpatului.
The court tried the case in the defendant's absence.
Deși dovezile erau contradictorii, judecătorii au judecat cu maximă atenție fiecare detaliu al speței.
Although the evidence was contradictory, the judges weighed every detail of the case with the utmost care.

Conjugation

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

Word family

judecatăjudgment, trial, verdictjudecătorjudge
judecătorielocal court
nejudecatuntried, unjudged
județcounty

Etymology

Judeca comes from Latin iudicare, itself built from ius (law, right) and dicare (to proclaim, to pronounce). The verb passed into Romanian through ordinary spoken Latin, keeping its core sense of pronouncing a legal or moral verdict. The same Latin verb gave rise to close relatives across the Romance languages.

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