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vota
to vote /voˈta/
verb#2178 most common
Also: to cast a ballot, to elect (by voting)
Example sentences
Eu vreau să votez duminică.
I want to vote on Sunday.
El va vota la primele alegeri din viața lui.
He will vote in the first elections of his life.
Mulți tineri au votat pentru prima dată anul acesta.
Many young people voted for the first time this year.
Dacă nu votezi, nu ai dreptul să te plângi de guvern.
If you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain about the government.
Cetățenii care vor vota prin corespondență trebuie să se înregistreze din timp.
Citizens who will vote by mail must register in advance.
Deși legea îi permitea să voteze de la șaisprezece ani, puțini adolescenți știau că pot vota atât de devreme.
Although the law allowed them to vote from age sixteen, few teenagers knew they could vote that early.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | votez | am votat | voi vota |
| 2sg | votezi | ai votat | vei vota |
| 3sg | votează | a votat | va vota |
| 1pl | votăm | am votat | vom vota |
| 2pl | votați | ați votat | veți vota |
| 3pl | votează | au votat | vor vota |
Word family
vota vote, a ballot
votantvoter
votarethe act of voting, balloting
votabilvotable, fit to be voted on
revotato vote again, to re-vote
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "a vota" from French "voter" in the nineteenth century, during the wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian civic and political vocabulary. The French verb goes back to Latin "votum," a vow or solemn wish, from the verb "vovere," to vow. The link between a vow and a vote survives in English too, where "vote" and "vow" share the same Latin ancestor.
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