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tăia
to cut /təˈja/
verb#505 most common
Also: to slice, to chop, to slaughter (an animal)
Example sentences
Eu tai pâinea în felii.
I cut the bread into slices.
Poți să tai hârtia asta cu foarfeca?
Can you cut this paper with the scissors?
Tăietorul de lemne taie copacii din pădure.
The woodcutter cuts trees in the forest.
Ieri am tăiat un tort mare de ziua ei, iar toată lumea a aplaudat.
Yesterday I cut a big cake for her birthday, and everyone applauded.
Dacă tai firul greșit, circuitul se va defecta ireversibil.
If you cut the wrong wire, the circuit will break irreversibly.
Vestea neașteptată i-a tăiat respirația, lăsând-o fără cuvinte.
The unexpected news took her breath away, leaving her speechless.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | tai | tăiai | voi tăia |
| 2sg | tai | tăiași | vei tăia |
| 3sg | taie | tăie | va tăia |
| 1pl | tăiem | tăiarăm | vom tăia |
| 2pl | tăiați | tăiarăți | veți tăia |
| 3pl | taie | tăiară | vor tăia |
Word family
tăietorcutter, woodcutter
tăieturăa cut, incisiontăierethe act of cutting
tăiossharp, cutting
netăiatuncut
Etymology
Tăia descends from Vulgar Latin taliare, to cut, which itself came from talea, a cutting or twig used for grafting plants. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and even into English through Old French. Romanian kept it as the plain, everyday verb for cutting with a blade.
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