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strica
to spoil, damage, or break /striˈka/
verb#1040 most common
Also: to ruin (a plan, mood, relationship), to go bad (of food, reflexive), to break down (of a machine, reflexive)
Example sentences
Copilul a stricat jucăria.
The child broke the toy.
Nu strica atmosfera cu vești proaste.
Don't spoil the mood with bad news.
Carnea s-a stricat pentru că am uitat-o afară din frigider.
The meat went bad because I forgot it outside the fridge.
Dacă continui așa, o să strici totul.
If you keep this up, you'll ruin everything.
Zvonurile acelea i-au stricat reputația în tot orașul.
Those rumors ruined his reputation across the whole town.
Deși știa că îi va strica relația cu familia, a spus adevărul.
Even though she knew it would damage her relationship with her family, she told the truth.
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
stricăciunedamage, harm
stricatspoiled, broken, corrupt
nestricatunspoiled, undamaged
a se stricato go bad, to break down (reflexive)
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries trace "strica" to the Latin verb "extricare", which originally meant to free something from a tangle or difficulty. In popular Latin the word drifted toward the opposite sense, damage or ruin, and that is the meaning Romanian inherited. The shift shows how a verb about untangling trouble can end up meaning the trouble itself.
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