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preocupa
to worry, to concern (someone) /pre.oku'pa/
verb#3507 most common
Also: to preoccupy, to be concerned with, to attend to (se preocupa de)
Example sentences
Mama se preocupă de copiii ei.
The mother is concerned about her children.
Nu mă preocupă banii.
Money doesn't worry me.
El se preocupă mereu de sănătatea familiei.
He always concerns himself with his family's health.
Ceea ce mă preocupă cel mai mult este viitorul planetei.
What worries me most is the future of the planet.
Autoritățile s-au preocupat de siguranța cetățenilor după incident.
The authorities looked into citizens' safety after the incident.
Deși părea calm, se preocupa în secret de consecințele deciziei sale.
Although he seemed calm, he secretly worried about the consequences of his decision.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | preocup | preocupai | voi preocupa |
| 2sg | preocupi | preocupași | vei preocupa |
| 3sg | preocupă | preocupă | va preocupa |
| 1pl | preocupăm | preocuparăm | vom preocupa |
| 2pl | preocupați | preocuparăți | veți preocupa |
| 3pl | preocupă | preocupară | vor preocupa |
Word family
preocupareconcern, preoccupation
preocupatworried, preoccupied
ocupato occupyocupatbusy, occupiedneocupatunoccupied, vacant
Etymology
Preocupa entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that reshaped the language's vocabulary. It comes from French préoccuper, itself from Latin praeoccupare, built from prae- (before) and occupare (to seize, to occupy). The original Latin sense was literal, to seize a place first, and it later shifted to the figurative sense of a thought or worry taking hold of someone's mind.
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