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servi
to serve /serˈvi/
verb#1583 most common
Also: to wait on (a customer), to serve (food or drink), to be of use, serve a purpose
Example sentences
Ospătarul servește cafeaua.
The waiter serves the coffee.
Vă pot servi cu ceva?
Can I get you something?
Restaurantul servește micul dejun până la ora zece.
The restaurant serves breakfast until ten o'clock.
Ospătarii au servit toate mesele înainte de miezul nopții.
The waiters had served all the tables before midnight.
Acest argument servește drept dovadă a nevinovăției sale.
This argument serves as proof of his innocence.
Deși fusese servit cu promptitudine, clientul a refuzat să plătească nota.
Although he had been served promptly, the customer refused to pay the bill.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | servesc | servii | voi servi |
| 2sg | servești | serviși | vei servi |
| 3sg | servește | servi | va servi |
| 1pl | servim | servirăm | vom servi |
| 2pl | serviți | servirăți | veți servi |
| 3pl | servesc | serviră | vor servi |
Word family
serviciuservice, favor, jobservitorservant
deservito service (a route), or to do a disservice
servilservile, obsequious
servituteservitude
Etymology
Romanian "a servi" is a 19th-century borrowing from French "servir", part of the wave of Western Romance vocabulary that reshaped Romanian during its modernization. French "servir" descends from Latin "servire", meaning to be a slave or to serve, itself tied to "servus", slave. The deeper origin of "servus" is disputed among linguists, so no further root is given here.
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