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prinde
to catch /ˈprin.de/
verb#252 most common
Also: to grab, to seize, to catch on (figuratively, reflexive)
Example sentences
Pisica prinde șoarecele.
The cat catches the mouse.
Eu prind mingea cu mâinile.
I catch the ball with my hands.
Copiii prind fluturi în grădină vara.
The children catch butterflies in the garden in summer.
Trebuie să prindem trenul de ora șapte.
We have to catch the seven o'clock train.
Se prinde ușor de orice idee nouă.
He catches on easily to any new idea.
Abia m-am prins ce voia să spună de fapt.
I only just realized what he actually meant to say.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | prind | prinsei | voi prinde |
| 2sg | prinzi | prinseși | vei prinde |
| 3sg | prinde | prinse | va prinde |
| 1pl | prindem | prinserăm | vom prinde |
| 2pl | prindeți | prinserăți | veți prinde |
| 3pl | prind | prinseră | vor prinde |
Word family
prinderethe act of catching or seizing
prinscaught
prinzătorcatcher, holder
cuprindeto comprise, to includesurprindeto surpriseEtymology
Prinde is the third-person singular present of a prinde, to catch or seize. It comes from Latin prehendere, by way of the shortened Vulgar Latin form prendere. Romanian inherited the word directly from spoken Latin, while English absorbed the same root secondhand through Latin borrowings such as apprehend and comprehend. The core sense, to close the hand around something, has stayed remarkably stable across two thousand years.
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