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opri
to stop /oˈpri/
verb#294 most common
Also: to halt, to pull over, to switch off (a machine)
Example sentences
Trenul se oprește la fiecare stație.
The train stops at every station.
Oprește mașina, te rog!
Stop the car, please!
M-am oprit din citit pentru că eram obosit.
I stopped reading because I was tired.
Poliția a oprit traficul din cauza unui accident.
The police stopped traffic because of an accident.
Nu ne vom opri până nu vom găsi o soluție definitivă.
We will not stop until we find a definitive solution.
Inima i s-a oprit pentru câteva secunde înainte ca medicii să o resusciteze.
Her heart stopped for a few seconds before the doctors resuscitated her.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | opresc | oprii | voi opri |
| 2sg | oprești | opriși | vei opri |
| 3sg | oprește | opri | va opri |
| 1pl | oprim | oprirăm | vom opri |
| 2pl | opriți | oprirăți | veți opri |
| 3pl | opresc | opriră | vor opri |
Word family
oprirea stop, a halt
opritstopped, halted
opritorstopper, catch, restrainer
oprelișteobstacle, ban, hindrance
Etymology
Opri is a Slavic loanword that entered Romanian during the long period of contact with South Slavic speakers in the medieval Balkans. Romanian dictionaries trace it to a Slavic verb meaning to lean against or to prop, a sense that shifted toward halting or restraining once absorbed into Romanian. It joined the native Latin vocabulary as one of many everyday Slavic borrowings that sit alongside Romanian's Latin core.
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