Learn Romanian › trăi
trăi
to live /trəˈi/
verb#363 most common
Also: to be alive, to reside, to experience, go through
Example sentences
Eu trăiesc în București.
I live in Bucharest.
Bunica mea a trăit nouăzeci de ani.
My grandmother lived ninety years.
Vrem să trăim o viață simplă.
We want to live a simple life.
Mulți oameni trăiesc cu frica zilei de mâine.
Many people live in fear of tomorrow.
Generația noastră trăiește într-o lume tot mai conectată, dar tot mai singură.
Our generation lives in an increasingly connected, yet increasingly lonely world.
Dacă ai fi trăit pe vremea aceea, ai fi înțeles mai bine sacrificiile lor.
If you had lived in those times, you would have understood their sacrifices better.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | trăiesc | trăii | voi trăi |
| 2sg | trăiești | trăiși | vei trăi |
| 3sg | trăiește | trăi | va trăi |
| 1pl | trăim | trăirăm | vom trăi |
| 2pl | trăiți | trăirăți | veți trăi |
| 3pl | trăiesc | trăiră | vor trăi |
Word family
trailife, living, way of life
trăitorone who lives; dweller
retrăito relive, to experience again
netrăitunlived, not experienced
Etymology
The origin of 'trăi' is debated among Romanian etymologists. One theory traces it to Latin trahere ('to draw, pull'), the same root behind Romanian 'a trage,' through an extended sense of 'drawing out' one's days or life. Other scholars consider the source uncertain, possibly tied to older regional speech rather than a clean Latin derivation. Because no consensus exists, no firm Indo-European root can be assigned with confidence.
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