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păsa
to care (about something), used impersonally — as in "nu-mi pasă," "I don't care" /pəˈsa/
verb#426 most common
Also: to matter (to someone), to be concerned, to mind
Example sentences
Nu-mi pasă.
I don't care.
Nu-i pasă de nimic.
He doesn't care about anything.
Nu-ți pasă de părerea mea?
Don't you care about my opinion?
Puțin îmi pasă ce cred alții despre mine.
I care little about what others think of me.
Deși pierduse totul, nu părea să-i pese de nimic.
Although he had lost everything, he didn't seem to care about anything.
Cui îi va păsa peste ani de deciziile luate azi?
Who will care, years from now, about the decisions made today?
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | îmi pasă | îmi păsă | îmi va păsa |
| 2sg | îți pasă | îți păsă | îți va păsa |
| 3sg | îi pasă | îi păsă | îi va păsa |
| 1pl | ne pasă | ne păsă | ne va păsa |
| 2pl | vă pasă | vă păsă | vă va păsa |
| 3pl | le pasă | le păsă | le va păsa |
Word family
păsato care, to matter (impersonal)
păsareconcern, heed (mostly in "fără păsare," heedlessly)
nepăsareindifference, carelessness
nepăsătorindifferent, careless
Etymology
Romanian "păsa" comes from Latin "pensare," meaning to weigh or to ponder. The same verb gave Italian "pesare," Spanish and Portuguese "pesar," and French "peser," all meaning to weigh. Several Romance languages extended this into a figurative sense of something weighing on a person, and Romanian narrowed that into an impersonal verb meaning to care or to matter to someone. Today "păsa" survives mainly as a defective verb, used in the third person with a dative pronoun ("îmi pasă," "îi pasă").
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