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urmărire

pursuit /urməˈrire/

noun#2639 most common

Also: chase, prosecution, tracking

Example sentences

Poliția a început o urmărire.
The police started a chase.
Am pus un cod de urmărire pe colet.
I put a tracking code on the package.
Urmărirea a durat mai multe ore pe autostradă.
The chase lasted several hours on the highway.
Procurorul a dispus urmărirea penală a suspectului.
The prosecutor ordered the criminal prosecution of the suspect.
Sistemul de urmărire prin satelit permite localizarea vehiculului în timp real.
The satellite tracking system allows real-time location of the vehicle.
Complexitatea urmăririi penale a fost amplificată de lipsa probelor directe.
The complexity of the criminal prosecution was heightened by the lack of direct evidence.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeurmărireurmăriri
Genitiveurmăririurmăriri
Accusativeurmărireurmăriri
Vocativeurmărireurmăriri

Word family

urmărito pursue, follow, chase, watch
urmăritorpursuer, chaser
urmăritpursued, wanted (by police)
următrack, trace, footprint
urmașdescendant, successor

Etymology

Urmărire is a noun built from the verb a urmări, which means to follow, chase, or track. That verb in turn comes from urmă, the Romanian word for a track, footprint, or trace. Romanian dictionaries link urmă to Latin orbita, meaning a wheel rut or track. The abstract noun urmărire was then formed by adding the deverbal suffix -re, the same pattern seen in citire (reading) or vorbire (speech).

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