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spăl
I wash /ˈspəl/
verb#4115 most common
Also: I'm washing, I clean
Example sentences
Eu spăl mâinile.
I wash my hands.
Spăl vasele în bucătărie.
I wash the dishes in the kitchen.
În fiecare dimineață spăl mașina.
Every morning I wash the car.
Nu spăl rufele astăzi, pentru că nu am timp.
I'm not washing the clothes today, because I don't have time.
Dacă spăl podeaua acum, se va usca până diseară.
If I wash the floor now, it will dry by tonight.
Deși mă doare spatele, tot spăl geamurile în fiecare weekend, ca să nu se adune praful.
Although my back hurts, I still wash the windows every weekend, so dust doesn't build up.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | spăl | spălai | voi spăla |
| 2sg | speli | spălași | vei spăla |
| 3sg | spală | spălă | va spăla |
| 1pl | spălăm | spălarăm | vom spăla |
| 2pl | spălați | spălarăți | veți spăla |
| 3pl | spală | spălară | vor spăla |
Word family
a spălato wash (infinitive)
spălarewashing, the act of washing
spălatwashed, clean
spălătorwasher, sink or wash-place
nespălatunwashed
Etymology
Spăl is the first-person singular present form of a spăla, to wash. Romanian dictionaries trace a spăla back to Latin, though the exact source word is debated among etymologists, with expilare (originally meaning to strip or plunder) most often cited as a candidate whose sense narrowed over time toward cleaning. Because the derivation is not settled, no proto-root is given here.
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