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mărturisi
to confess /mərturiˈsi/
verb#5196 most common
Also: to admit, to profess, to testify
Example sentences
Eu mărturisesc adevărul.
I confess the truth.
El mărturisește că a greșit.
He admits that he made a mistake.
Ea i-a mărturisit iubirea ei.
She confessed her love to him.
Copilul a mărturisit că a spart geamul din greșeală.
The child confessed that he broke the window by accident.
Sub presiunea anchetatorilor, suspectul a mărturisit crima.
Under pressure from the investigators, the suspect confessed to the crime.
Mărturisesc că, cu cât înaintez în vârstă, cu atât înțeleg mai puțin complexitatea sufletului omenesc.
I confess that the older I get, the less I understand the complexity of the human soul.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | mărturisesc | mărturisii | voi mărturisi |
| 2sg | mărturisești | mărturisiși | vei mărturisi |
| 3sg | mărturisește | mărturisi | va mărturisi |
| 1pl | mărturisim | mărturisirăm | vom mărturisi |
| 2pl | mărturisiți | mărturisirăți | veți mărturisi |
| 3pl | mărturisesc | mărturisiră | vor mărturisi |
Word family
mărturietestimony, evidence
mărturisireconfession, admissionmărturisitorconfessor, one who professes a faith or belief
nemărturisitunconfessed, unspoken
Etymology
Mărturisi is built inside Romanian from the noun mărturie, meaning testimony or evidence, plus the verbal suffix -si, which turns a noun into a verb. This is the same pattern seen in other Romanian verbs formed from a noun base. Mărturie itself belongs to the older, non-Latin layer of Romanian vocabulary that entered the language through Slavic contact in the medieval period.
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