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rade
to shave /ˈra.de/
verb#3254 most common
Also: to raze, to level to the ground, to scrape off, (colloquial) to swindle, to fleece
Example sentences
Tata se rade în fiecare dimineață.
Dad shaves every morning.
Mă rad cu un aparat electric.
I shave with an electric razor.
Bunicul meu nu se rade niciodată sâmbăta.
My grandfather never shaves on Saturdays.
Muncitorii au ras pădurea de pe deal.
The workers razed the forest off the hill.
Buldozerele au ras cartierul vechi până la pământ.
The bulldozers razed the old neighborhood to the ground.
Se zvonea că escrocul îi rade pe turiști de bani fără milă.
It was rumored that the crook fleeces tourists of their money without mercy.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | rad | am ras | voi rade |
| 2sg | razi | ai ras | vei rade |
| 3sg | rade | a ras | va rade |
| 1pl | radem | am ras | vom rade |
| 2pl | radeți | ați ras | veți rade |
| 3pl | rad | au ras | vor rade |
Word family
a se radeto shave oneself
rasshaved; a shave
aparat de rasrazor, shaver
proaspăt rasfreshly shaved
Etymology
Rade comes from Latin radere, meaning to scrape, shave, or erase. The verb kept its core sense of removing a surface layer, whether hair from a face or a building from the ground. Latin dictionaries do not agree on a secure deeper root for radere, so no reconstructed root is given here.
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