măsura
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Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- мэсура (măsura) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin mēnsūrāre (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]a măsura (third-person singular present măsoară, past participle măsurat, third-person subjunctive măsoare) 1st conjugation
- (transitive) to measure
- (copulative) to measure (have a certain size)
- (transitive, figurative) to scrutinise, eye, study
- a măsura din priviri ― to scrutinise by sight
- a măsura de sus până jos ― to eye from top to bottom
- (transitive, figurative) to measure (control with restraint)
- a își măsura cuvintele ― to measure one’s words
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to measure (traverse)
- (reflexive) to measure strength, face off [with cu ‘with’]
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of măsura (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a măsura | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | măsurând | ||||||
| past participle | măsurat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | măsor | măsori | măsoară | măsurăm | măsurați | măsoară | |
| imperfect | măsuram | măsurai | măsura | măsuram | măsurați | măsurau | |
| simple perfect | măsurai | măsurași | măsură | măsurarăm | măsurarăți | măsurară | |
| pluperfect | măsurasem | măsuraseși | măsurase | măsuraserăm | măsuraserăți | măsuraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să măsor | să măsori | să măsoare | să măsurăm | să măsurați | să măsoare | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | măsoară | măsurați | |||||
| negative | nu măsura | nu măsurați | |||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]măsura f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of măsură (“measure”)
Further reading
[edit]- “măsura”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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