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muta

to move (something) from one place to another /muˈta/

verb#775 most common

Also: to relocate, to move house (reflexive: a se muta), to shift

Example sentences

Eu mut scaunul lângă masă.
I move the chair next to the table.
Mâine mutăm mobila în camera nouă.
Tomorrow we move the furniture into the new room.
Familia mea s-a mutat într-un oraș mai mic.
My family moved to a smaller city.
Nu pot muta dulapul fără ajutor.
I can't move the wardrobe without help.
La șah, albul trebuie să mute primul.
In chess, White must move first.
Compania și-a mutat sediul central în altă țară pentru a reduce costurile.
The company moved its headquarters to another country to cut costs.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgmutmutaivoi muta
2sgmuțimutașivei muta
3sgmutămutăva muta
1plmutămmutarămvom muta
2plmutațimutarățiveți muta
3plmutămutarăvor muta

Word family

mutarea move, the act of moving (also a move in a game like chess)
mutatmoved
mutațiemutation
strămutato relocate, to transfer (formal or legal)
mutantmutant

Etymology

Romanian "a muta" comes from Latin "mutare", meaning to change or to move. Latin speakers in the Balkans kept this verb for physical relocation, and Romanian narrowed and specialized it further, especially in the reflexive form for moving house. The root also survives in Romanian "mutație" (mutation) and "strămuta" (to transfer, in a legal or formal sense).

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