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stric
I spoil / I break (it) /ˈstrik/
verb#4204 most common
Also: I ruin, I damage, I mess up
Example sentences
Eu stric jucăria.
I break the toy.
Dacă nu ai grijă, strici telefonul.
If you're not careful, you'll break the phone.
Nu vreau să stric surpriza.
I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Ori de câte ori gătesc, stric ceva în bucătărie.
Whenever I cook, I mess something up in the kitchen.
Îmi pare rău că ți-am stricat planurile de weekend.
I'm sorry I ruined your weekend plans.
Nu aș vrea să stric atmosfera, dar cred că am o problemă serioasă de discutat.
I wouldn't want to spoil the mood, but I think I have a serious problem to discuss.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | stric | stricai | voi strica |
| 2sg | strici | stricași | vei strica |
| 3sg | strică | strică | va strica |
| 1pl | stricăm | stricarăm | vom strica |
| 2pl | stricați | stricarăți | veți strica |
| 3pl | strică | stricară | vor strica |
Word family
a stricato spoil, break, ruin
stricatspoiled, broken, rotten
stricăciunedamage, harm
nestricatunspoiled, intact
stricătorone who spoils or damages things
Etymology
Stric is the first-person singular present of the verb a strica, meaning to spoil, damage, or break. The verb traces back to Latin extricare, which meant to free something from a tangle, built on tricae, meaning trifles or snares. In Romanian the sense drifted from disentangling to causing harm, a shift not shared by other Romance languages. English keeps the older Latin sense in extricate and intricate, both from the same tricae root.
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