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scoală

gets up / get up (imperative) /ˈskoa.lə/

verb#1208 most common

Also: wakes up, rises, stand up! (command)

Example sentences

Ana se scoală devreme.
Ana gets up early.
Scoală-te, este ora opt!
Get up, it's eight o'clock!
El se scoală din pat și merge spre baie.
He gets up from bed and walks toward the bathroom.
De obicei mă scoală câinele lătrând dimineața.
Usually the dog wakes me up barking in the morning.
Deși e sâmbătă, se scoală la aceeași oră ca în timpul săptămânii, din obișnuință.
Although it's Saturday, he gets up at the same time as during the week, out of habit.
Se zice că, înainte să cânte cocoșul, bunica se scoală deja și pune ceaunul la foc.
It's said that before the rooster crows, grandmother is already up and puts the cauldron on the fire.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgmă scolmă sculaimă voi scula
2sgte scolite sculașite vei scula
3sgse scoalăse sculăse va scula
1plne sculămne scularămne vom scula
2plvă sculațivă scularățivă veți scula
3plse scoalăse scularăse vor scula

Word family

a sculato wake/rouse someone; (reflexive) to get up
sculatawake, out of bed
scularethe act of getting up, rising

Etymology

"Scoală" is an inflected form of the Romanian verb "a se scula", meaning to get oneself up or to rouse someone. The verb comes from popular Latin "excitulare", built on "excitare" ("to rouse, wake up"), itself formed from "ex-" and "citare" ("to set in motion, summon"). Other Romance languages kept closer descendants of "excitare" but shifted the meaning toward "to excite" rather than "to get up".

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