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potrivi
to fit, adjust, or match (something) so it is right /po.triˈvi/
verb#3537 most common
Also: to suit, to set/tune (a clock, radio, etc.), to arrange properly
Example sentences
Cheia se potrivește la ușă.
The key fits the door.
Rochia i se potrivește foarte bine.
The dress suits her very well.
Trebuie să potrivesc ceasul, e în urmă cu cinci minute.
I need to set the clock, it's five minutes slow.
Culorile acestea nu se potrivesc deloc.
These colors don't match at all.
Am potrivit volumul televizorului cu mare atenție, ca să nu-i deranjez pe vecini.
I adjusted the TV volume very carefully, so as not to disturb the neighbors.
Dacă am fi potrivit mai bine programul, n-am fi ajuns să ne certăm din cauza întârzierii.
If we had arranged the schedule better, we wouldn't have ended up arguing because of the delay.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | potrivesc | potrivii | voi potrivi |
| 2sg | potrivești | potriviși | vei potrivi |
| 3sg | potrivește | potrivi | va potrivi |
| 1pl | potrivim | potrivirăm | vom potrivi |
| 2pl | potriviți | potrivirăți | veți potrivi |
| 3pl | potrivesc | potriviră | vor potrivi |
Word family
potrivitsuitable, appropriate, fitting; also 'moderately, rather'
potrivirematch, fit, coincidence
nepotrivitunsuitable, inappropriatea se potrivito match, to suit each other, to be compatible
potrivnicadverse, contrary, hostile
Etymology
Potrivi came into Romanian from a Slavic source, built on the prefix po- attached to a root carrying the sense of matching or setting something right. It belongs to the large layer of Slavic loanwords absorbed into Romanian through long contact with neighboring Slavic-speaking populations, rather than descending from Latin like most core vocabulary. Over time it settled into everyday use for making an object fit and, by extension, for people or things that suit each other.
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