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până
until /ˈpɨnə/
particle#111 most common
Also: till, by, as far as/up to
Example sentences
Stau aici până mâine.
I'm staying here until tomorrow.
Așteaptă până vin eu.
Wait until I come.
Am mers cu bicicleta până la parc.
We rode our bikes as far as the park.
Trebuie să trimit raportul până vineri.
I have to send the report by Friday.
Până să ajungă acasă, începuse deja să plouă.
By the time he got home, it had already started raining.
Până una-alta, mai bine așteptăm să vedem cum evoluează situația.
For the time being, we'd better wait and see how the situation develops.
Word family
până laup to, until (a place or point)
până cânduntil when, how long
până ceuntil (introducing a clause)
până una-altafor the time being, meanwhile
Etymology
The origin of până is not firmly settled. Romanian dictionaries generally list it as a word of uncertain or debated origin rather than tracing it cleanly to a single Latin source. It has functioned as a preposition and conjunction of time and place in Romanian for as long as the language has written records.
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