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urce

to climb / go up (subjunctive: that he/she climb) /ˈur.tʃe/

verb#4006 most common

Also: to ascend, to rise (prices, temperature), to board (a vehicle)

Example sentences

Mihai vrea să urce în autobuz.
Mihai wants to get on the bus.
Pisica încearcă să urce pe masă.
The cat is trying to climb onto the table.
Sper ca prețul acțiunilor să urce în curând.
I hope the stock price rises soon.
Profesorul a cerut ca elevul să urce la tablă.
The teacher asked the student to come up to the board.
E puțin probabil ca temperatura să urce peste patruzeci de grade mâine.
It is unlikely that the temperature will climb above forty degrees tomorrow.
Oricât de abrupt ar fi traseul, ghidul insistă ca grupul să urce până la refugiu înainte de lăsarea întunericului.
However steep the trail is, the guide insists that the group climb up to the shelter before dark.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgurcurcaivoi urca
2sgurciurcașivei urca
3sgurcăurcăva urca
1plurcămurcarămvom urca
2plurcațiurcarățiveți urca
3plurcăurcarăvor urca

Word family

urcato climb, ascend, rise, board
urcarethe act of climbing, ascent
urcușan uphill climb, a slope
urcătorclimbing, ascending
urcabilclimbable

Etymology

"Urce" is the third-person present subjunctive of the verb "a urca", meaning to climb, go up, or rise. Romanian dictionaries treat the origin of "a urca" as uncertain, with Latin and pre-Roman substrate origins both proposed and no consensus reached. Because the root is disputed, no reliable Proto-Indo-European form can be given here.

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