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mâncăm
we eat /mɨŋˈkəm/
verb#1926 most common
Also: we are eating, we're having a meal
Example sentences
Noi mâncăm mere.
We eat apples.
Mâncăm la ora prânzului.
We eat at lunchtime.
Astăzi mâncăm la restaurant cu prietenii.
Today we're eating at a restaurant with friends.
Mâncăm sănătos ca să avem energie toată ziua.
We eat healthily so we have energy all day.
Dacă nu mâncăm acum, vom fi flămânzi mai târziu.
If we don't eat now, we'll be hungry later.
Deși suntem grăbiți, mâncăm pe îndelete, savurând fiecare fel.
Although we're in a hurry, we eat unhurriedly, savoring each course.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | mănânc | mâncai | voi mânca |
| 2sg | mănânci | mâncași | vei mânca |
| 3sg | mănâncă | mâncă | va mânca |
| 1pl | mâncăm | mâncarăm | vom mânca |
| 2pl | mâncați | mâncarăți | veți mânca |
| 3pl | mănâncă | mâncară | vor mânca |
Word family
a mâncato eat
mâncarefood, a mealmâncateaten
mâncăciosgluttonous, always hungry
mâncătoreater, big eater
Etymology
Mâncăm is the first person plural present form of a mânca, the standard Romanian verb for eating. It comes from Latin manducare, meaning to chew or to eat, a verb built on mandere, to chew. This Latin root spread across the Romance languages, though each one shaped it differently.
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