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plăti
to pay /plə.ˈti/
verb#552 most common
Also: to pay for, to settle (a debt), to repay
Example sentences
Vreau să plătesc, vă rog.
I want to pay, please.
El plătește cu cardul la magazin.
He pays with the card at the store.
Am plătit factura de curent ieri.
I paid the electricity bill yesterday.
Vom plăti restul sumei luna viitoare.
We will pay the rest of the amount next month.
Dacă ai fi plătit impozitele la timp, ai fi evitat amenda.
If you had paid the taxes on time, you would have avoided the fine.
Compania a fost obligată să plătească despăgubiri substanțiale pentru neglijența dovedită în instanță.
The company was ordered to pay substantial damages for the negligence proven in court.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | plătesc | plătii | voi plăti |
| 2sg | plătești | plătiși | vei plăti |
| 3sg | plătește | plăti | va plăti |
| 1pl | plătim | plătirăm | vom plăti |
| 2pl | plătiți | plătirăți | veți plăti |
| 3pl | plătesc | plătiră | vor plăti |
Word family
Etymology
Plăti comes from Old Slavic platiti, meaning to pay. It entered Romanian during the centuries of close contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors, alongside many other everyday words for law, trade, and daily life. Unlike most of the Romanian core vocabulary, which descends from Latin, plăti is one of the clear Slavic layers in the language. It fully replaced the Latin-derived options for this concept.
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