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ridica
to lift / to raise /ri.diˈka/
verb#481 most common
Also: to raise (build, erect), to get up / rise, to increase
Example sentences
Eu ridic mâna.
I raise my hand.
Ea ridică o cutie grea.
She lifts a heavy box.
Copiii se ridică de la masă.
The children get up from the table.
Muncitorii au ridicat o clădire nouă în doar șase luni.
The workers put up a new building in just six months.
Prețurile s-au ridicat brusc anul trecut, afectând bugetele familiilor.
Prices rose sharply last year, straining family budgets.
Poporul s-a ridicat împotriva asupririi, iar acel gest a rămas în memoria colectivă.
The people rose up against oppression, and that act stayed in the collective memory.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | ridic | ridicai | voi ridica |
| 2sg | ridici | ridicași | vei ridica |
| 3sg | ridică | ridică | va ridica |
| 1pl | ridicăm | ridicarăm | vom ridica |
| 2pl | ridicați | ridicarăți | veți ridica |
| 3pl | ridică | ridicară | vor ridica |
Word family
ridicarethe act of lifting or raising
ridicatraised, elevated, lofty
a se ridicato get up, stand, rise up
ridicătora lifting device, hoist
ridicăturăa bump, mound, elevation in terrain
Etymology
Romanian "ridica" traces to spoken Latin, though scholars do not agree on the exact source word. One common view links it to a Vulgar Latin form built on "erigere" (to set upright), reshaped in the mouths of Latin speakers in the region that became Romania. The core sense of lifting something upright has stayed stable for centuries, extending naturally to rising prices, rising buildings, and people rising up in revolt.
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