o șterge

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “wipe it”. Probably an ellipsis of șterge putina (literally “wipe the pail”).

Verb

a o șterge (third-person singular present o șterge, past participle șters-o) 3rd conj.

1. (informal, idiomatic) to scram

Further reading

• șterge in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), “șterge”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 9, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 197–198