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stabili

to establish /sta.biˈli/

verb#1205 most common

Also: to determine, to settle, to set (a date, rule, or fact)

Example sentences

Vrem să stabilim o dată pentru cină.
We want to set a date for dinner.
Profesorul stabilește temele pentru mâine.
The teacher sets the homework for tomorrow.
Am stabilit deja locul întâlnirii.
We've already established the meeting place.
Guvernul a stabilit noi taxe pentru importuri.
The government established new taxes on imports.
Este esențial să stabilim de la bun început regulile jocului.
It's essential that we establish the rules of the game right from the start.
Comisia va stabili criteriile de evaluare, ținând cont de recomandările experților independenți.
The commission will establish the evaluation criteria, taking into account the recommendations of independent experts.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgstabilescstabiliivoi stabili
2sgstabileștistabilișivei stabili
3sgstabileștestabiliva stabili
1plstabilimstabilirămvom stabili
2plstabilițistabilirățiveți stabili
3plstabilescstabilirăvor stabili

Word family

stabilstable, firm
stabilitatestability
stabilirethe act of establishing
instabilunstable
stabilizarestabilization

Etymology

Romanian "a stabili" entered the language during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize and modernize the vocabulary, drawing on French "établir" and reinforced by Latin "stabilire", itself from "stabilis" (firm, steady). This double channel, French plus Latin, is typical of how Romanian rebuilt its formal and administrative vocabulary in that period. The result is a verb that reads as native but was consciously shaped by both sources.

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