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oprim
we stop /oˈprim/
verb#1497 most common
Also: we halt, we withhold (a sum of money)
Example sentences
Noi oprim mașina la semafor.
We stop the car at the traffic light.
Ne oprim puțin să bem apă.
We stop for a bit to drink water.
Oprim trenul la următoarea stație.
We stop the train at the next station.
Dacă plouă prea tare, oprim excursia.
If it rains too hard, we call off the trip.
Nu ne oprim din lucru până nu terminăm proiectul.
We don't stop working until we finish the project.
Oprim orice tentativă de a submina acordul, indiferent de cost.
We halt any attempt to undermine the agreement, whatever the cost.
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
a oprito stop, to halt
oprirea stop, the act of stoppingopritstopped, halted
oprelișteobstacle, hindrance
neopritunstopped, unchecked
Etymology
Oprim is the first-person plural present form of the verb a opri, meaning to stop. Romanian dictionaries treat the deeper origin of a opri as uncertain, with some scholars pointing to a Latin base related to opprimere, to press down or block, though the semantic path to modern stop is not firmly settled. Because the root is disputed, no reliable Indo-European root can be given here.
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