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trage
to pull /ˈtra.dʒe/
verb#271 most common
Also: to shoot (a firearm), to draw, to drag
Example sentences
Trage ușa după tine!
Pull the door shut behind you!
Câinele trage de lesă.
The dog pulls on the leash.
Trage un pui de somn în fiecare după-amiază.
He takes a short nap every afternoon.
Soldatul a tras cu pușca spre țintă.
The soldier shot at the target with his rifle.
Ea trage nădejde că lucrurile se vor schimba.
She hopes that things will change.
Profesorul trăgea concluzii pripite fără să analizeze toate datele.
The professor was drawing hasty conclusions without analyzing all the data.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | trag | trasei | voi trage |
| 2sg | tragi | traseși | vei trage |
| 3sg | trage | trase | va trage |
| 1pl | tragem | traserăm | vom trage |
| 2pl | trageți | traserăți | veți trage |
| 3pl | trag | traseră | vor trage |
Word family
tragerethe act of pulling, drawing, or firing
trăgătorshooter, marksman
atrageto attractdistrageto distract
trasdrawn, haggard-looking
Etymology
Trage descends from Vulgar Latin tragere, a popular variant of classical Latin trahere, meaning to pull or drag. The verb kept its basic sense of pulling in Romanian and expanded over time to cover firing a weapon, drawing breath, and several idioms built on the idea of pulling something toward or out of a place. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages with different shades of meaning.
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