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regretă
regrets /reˈgretə/
verb#3950 most common
Also: is sorry about, rues
Example sentences
Ea regretă că a mâncat toată prăjitura.
She regrets that she ate all the cake.
El regretă greșeala lui.
He regrets his mistake.
Cred că ea regretă decizia pe care a luat-o anul trecut.
I think she regrets the decision she made last year.
Compania regretă orice neplăcere cauzată clienților.
The company regrets any inconvenience caused to customers.
Deși pare calmă, ea regretă profund cuvintele rostite în acea seară.
Although she seems calm, she deeply regrets the words spoken that evening.
Guvernul regretă întârzierea în implementarea reformelor promise, dar susține că circumstanțele au fost excepționale.
The government regrets the delay in implementing the promised reforms, but maintains that the circumstances were exceptional.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | regret | regretai | voi regreta |
| 2sg | regreți | regretași | vei regreta |
| 3sg | regretă | regretă | va regreta |
| 1pl | regretăm | regretarăm | vom regreta |
| 2pl | regretați | regretarăți | veți regreta |
| 3pl | regretă | regretară | vor regreta |
Word family
regretregret, remorse
a regretato regret (infinitive)
regretabilregrettable
regretatregretted; also used to mean "the late" (a deceased person)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "a regreta" from French "regretter" during the 19th century, a period when Romanian absorbed thousands of French words to modernize its vocabulary. The French verb itself came from Old French "regreter," built on the prefix "re-" plus a root meaning to lament or weep. English "regret" traces to the same French source, making the two words siblings rather than distant relatives.
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