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urmări
to follow /urməˈri/
verb#652 most common
Also: to watch (a show or event), to pursue, chase, to monitor, track, keep under surveillance
Example sentences
Copiii urmăresc desene animate duminica.
The children watch cartoons on Sundays.
Ea urmărește un serial nou la televizor.
She is watching a new series on TV.
Poliția va urmări suspectul până îl prinde.
The police will pursue the suspect until they catch him.
Am urmărit cu atenție discursul președintelui.
I followed the president's speech attentively.
Jurnaliștii urmăresc îndeaproape evoluția crizei politice.
Journalists are closely following the development of the political crisis.
Serviciile de informații vor urmări discret activitățile grupării suspectate de spionaj.
The intelligence services will discreetly monitor the activities of the group suspected of espionage.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | urmăresc | urmării | voi urmări |
| 2sg | urmărești | urmăriși | vei urmări |
| 3sg | urmărește | urmări | va urmări |
| 1pl | urmărim | urmărirăm | vom urmări |
| 2pl | urmăriți | urmărirăți | veți urmări |
| 3pl | urmăresc | urmăriră | vor urmări |
Word family
următrack, trace, footprint
urmareconsequence, result
urmărirepursuit, chase, surveillanceurmăritorpursuer, follower
urmăritpursued, wanted (by police)
Etymology
Urmări comes from the Romanian noun urmă, meaning track, trace, or footprint, joined with the infinitive-forming ending -i (the present tense adds the -esc- augment, as in urmăresc). The verb keeps the noun's core image of following a trail left by someone or something. Romanian dictionaries treat urmă as a word of uncertain origin, likely from the region's pre-Latin or Balkan substrate, so no secure Indo-European root is given here.
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