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loveste
strikes/hits /loˈveʃte/
verb#5599 most common
Also: hits (a ball, target), affects/impacts (figurative), knocks
Example sentences
Mingea lovește gardul.
The ball hits the fence.
Copilul lovește ușa din greșeală.
The child hits the door by accident.
Vântul puternic lovește ferestrele casei.
The strong wind hits the house's windows.
Boxerul lovește adversarul cu o dreaptă puternică.
The boxer hits his opponent with a strong right hook.
Criza economică lovește în special familiile cu venituri mici.
The economic crisis hits low-income families especially hard.
Fulgerul lovește rareori aceeași clădire de două ori, dar riscul nu poate fi ignorat complet.
Lightning rarely strikes the same building twice, but the risk cannot be completely ignored.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | lovesc | lovii | voi lovi |
| 2sg | lovești | loviși | vei lovi |
| 3sg | lovește | lovi | va lovi |
| 1pl | lovim | lovirăm | vom lovi |
| 2pl | loviți | lovirăți | veți lovi |
| 3pl | lovesc | loviră | vor lovi |
Word family
a lovito hit, to strike (infinitive)
loviturăa hit, blow, or strikelovithit, struck, injured
lovirethe act of hitting
Etymology
The verb "a lovi" comes from a Slavic root, likely Old Slavic "loviti," which meant to hunt or to catch. Romanian is a Romance language, but centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors left a large layer of Slavic loanwords in its core vocabulary, including this one. The meaning shifted over time from catching prey to striking a blow, which is the sense the word carries today.
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