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traversa
to cross /tra.verˈsa/
verb#4557 most common
Also: to traverse, to go across
Example sentences
Ana traversează strada.
Ana crosses the street.
Vom traversa parcul împreună.
We will cross the park together.
Trebuie să traversăm podul înainte de apus.
We must cross the bridge before sunset.
Vaporul a traversat oceanul în doar cinci zile.
The ship crossed the ocean in just five days.
Refugiații au traversat granița pe timp de noapte, riscându-și viața.
The refugees crossed the border at night, risking their lives.
Abia după ce a traversat înot strâmtoarea, într-un efort epuizant, și-a dat seama cât de aproape fusese de eșec.
Only after swimming across the strait, in an exhausting effort, did he realize how close he had come to failure.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | traversez | traversai | voi traversa |
| 2sg | traversezi | traversași | vei traversa |
| 3sg | traversează | traversă | va traversa |
| 1pl | traversăm | traversarăm | vom traversa |
| 2pl | traversați | traversarăți | veți traversa |
| 3pl | traversează | traversară | vor traversa |
Word family
traversarethe act of crossing
traversatcrossed
traversabilcrossable
traversăcrossbeam, railway tie, or a narrow rug runner
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "traversa" from French "traverser" during the 19th century, when the language absorbed many Western vocabulary items to replace or supplement older Slavic and Greek terms. French "traverser" itself descends from Latin "transversare", built on "trans" (across) and "versus" (turned), the past participle of "vertere" (to turn). The core sense, to turn or pass across something, has stayed intact through all these languages.
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