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picat
fallen /piˈkat/
verb#4375 most common
Also: failed (an exam), arrived unexpectedly, dropped in
Example sentences
Mărul a picat din pom.
The apple fell from the tree.
Cartea a picat de pe masă.
The book fell off the table.
Am picat la examenul de engleză.
I failed the English exam.
Fructele picate din livadă atrag viespile.
The fallen fruit from the orchard attracts wasps.
Ne-au picat musafiri pe nepusă masă chiar când plecam.
Guests dropped in on us unexpectedly just as we were leaving.
I-a picat cu tronc de cum a văzut-o.
He fell head over heels for her the moment he saw her.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | pic | picai | voi pica |
| 2sg | pici | picași | vei pica |
| 3sg | pică | pică | va pica |
| 1pl | picăm | picarăm | vom pica |
| 2pl | picați | picarăți | veți pica |
| 3pl | pică | picară | vor pica |
Word family
a picato fall; to fail (an exam); to drop by unexpectedly
picăturăa drop (of liquid)a picurato drip, to trickle
picat, -ăfallen; failed; arrived unexpectedly
Etymology
Picat is the past participle of a pica, a colloquial Romanian verb meaning to fall or to drip. Romanian dictionaries trace the verb to the onomatopoeic root pic, imitating the sound of a falling drop, the same root behind picătură (a drop) and a picura (to drip). The verb later broadened to cover failing an exam and turning up unexpectedly, both treated as a sudden falling into a situation. Because the origin is onomatopoeic and native to Romanian, no reliable Indo-European root or cross-language cognates are documented.
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