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lucra
to work /luˈkra/
verb#288 most common
Also: to be employed, to labor at, to function (of a machine)
Example sentences
Eu lucrez la birou.
I work at the office.
Ea lucrează într-un spital.
She works in a hospital.
Am lucrat mult ieri și sunt obosit.
I worked a lot yesterday and I am tired.
Dacă vei lucra din greu, vei reuși.
If you work hard, you will succeed.
Deși lucrase acolo zece ani, nu a fost niciodată promovat.
Although he had worked there for ten years, he was never promoted.
Ar fi lucrat mai eficient dacă echipa ar fi fost mai bine coordonată.
He would have worked more efficiently if the team had been better coordinated.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | lucrez | lucrai | voi lucra |
| 2sg | lucrezi | lucrași | vei lucra |
| 3sg | lucrează | lucră | va lucra |
| 1pl | lucrăm | lucrarăm | vom lucra |
| 2pl | lucrați | lucrarăți | veți lucra |
| 3pl | lucrează | lucrară | vor lucra |
Word family
Etymology
Lucra descends from Latin lucrari, a deponent verb meaning to gain or profit, itself built on the noun lucrum, meaning gain or profit. Over time the sense in Romanian shifted from making a profit to the broader, neutral act of working. This mirrors how many languages narrow a word about earning into a general term for labor.
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