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permite

to allow, to permit /per.ˈmi.te/

verb#522 most common

Also: to let, to make possible

Example sentences

Mama nu îmi permite să ies în seara asta.
Mom doesn't allow me to go out tonight.
Profesorul permite folosirea calculatorului la test.
The teacher allows the use of a calculator in the test.
Bugetul nostru nu ne permite să cumpărăm o casă nouă.
Our budget doesn't allow us to buy a new house.
Legea permite cetățenilor să circule liber în Uniunea Europeană.
The law allows citizens to move freely in the European Union.
Dacă timpul îmi va permite, voi termina proiectul până vineri.
If time allows me, I will finish the project by Friday.
Regulamentul intern nu permitea, în trecut, angajaților să lucreze de acasă.
The internal regulation did not, in the past, allow employees to work from home.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgpermitpermiseivoi permite
2sgpermițipermiseșivei permite
3sgpermitepermiseva permite
1plpermitempermiserămvom permite
2plpermitețipermiserățiveți permite
3plpermitpermiserăvor permite

Word family

permislicense or permit (e.g. driving license)permisiunepermissionpermisallowed, permitted
nepermisnot allowed, forbidden

Etymology

The word comes from Latin permittere, a combination of per- ("through") and mittere ("to send"). The original sense was to send something through or to let it pass. Over time this shifted to the abstract meaning of allowing or granting permission. Romanian kept the verb almost intact from Latin, unlike many Romance languages that reshaped it further.

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