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sinucide

commits suicide (kills himself/herself) /si.nuˈtʃi.de/

verb#2503 most common

Also: kills himself/herself, takes his/her own life

Example sentences

El se sinucide.
He kills himself.
Ea se sinucide din disperare.
She kills herself out of despair.
Dacă nu primește ajutor, familia se teme că el se va sinucide.
If he doesn't get help, the family is afraid he will kill himself.
Psihologii spun că nimeni nu se sinucide fără niciun semnal de avertizare.
Psychologists say that no one commits suicide without any warning sign.
Statisticile arată că un bărbat singur se sinucide mai des decât unul căsătorit.
Statistics show that a single man commits suicide more often than a married one.
Fără o intervenție promptă, s-ar sinucide, gând care o bântuia zi și noapte.
Without prompt intervention, she would kill herself, a thought that haunted her day and night.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgmă sinucidmă sinuciseimă voi sinucide
2sgte sinucizite sinuciseșite vei sinucide
3sgse sinucidese sinucisese va sinucide
1plne sinucidemne sinuciserămne vom sinucide
2plvă sinucidețivă sinuciserățivă veți sinucide
3plse sinucidse sinuciserăse vor sinucide

Word family

sinucideresuicide (the act)
sinucigașsuicidal; person who commits suicide
ucideto killucigașkiller, murdereromuciderehomicide

Etymology

Sinucide is a reflexive verb built from two native elements: sine, the reflexive root meaning self (from Latin se/sui), and ucide, meaning to kill (from Latin occidere, to strike down). Unlike French or English, which borrowed the Latin noun suicidium directly as suicide, Romanian coined its own verb in the 19th century by joining these two existing words. The result is a transparent compound: literally, to self-kill.

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