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umbla
to walk, to wander about /umˈbla/
verb#1644 most common
Also: to go around, to roam, to be up to (something)
Example sentences
Bunica umblă încet prin grădină.
Grandma walks slowly through the garden.
Copiii umblă desculți pe plajă.
The children walk barefoot on the beach.
Am umblat toată ziua căutând cheile pierdute.
I walked around all day looking for my lost keys.
Umblă vorba prin sat că fabrica se va închide.
Word is going around the village that the factory will close.
A umblat mult până a găsit casa potrivită pentru familia lui.
He searched a long time before he found the right house for his family.
Umblând să afle adevărul, a descoperit că întreaga poveste fusese o minciună.
While going about trying to learn the truth, he discovered the whole story had been a lie.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | umblu | umblai | voi umbla |
| 2sg | umbli | umblași | vei umbla |
| 3sg | umblă | umblă | va umbla |
| 1pl | umblăm | umblarăm | vom umbla |
| 2pl | umblați | umblarăți | veți umbla |
| 3pl | umblă | umblară | vor umbla |
Word family
umbleterrand, trip
umblătorwandering, itinerant
neumblatuntrodden, unfrequented
umblarethe act of walking or wandering
Etymology
Umbla descends from Latin ambulare, to walk. The word passed into everyday Romanian speech and kept its core sense of moving on foot, later extending to figurative uses like a rumor going around or a person being occupied with something. The same Latin verb spread across the Romance languages and into English through borrowed forms.
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