trage

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See also: Trage and träge

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trage

  1. inflection of tragen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

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Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).

Adjective[edit]

trâge

  1. slow, sluggish
  2. slow, lazy
  3. weak

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Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: traag
  • Limburgish: traog

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Early Medieval Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō, from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

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a trage (third-person singular present trage, past participle tras) 3rd conj.

  1. (transitive) to pull, draw, drag
  2. (transitive) to draw (exert a force on a fluid by means of negative pressure)
  3. (transitive, intransitive, see usage notes) to shoot [+ în／la (object)]
    a trage cu pușca ― to shoot a gun
  4. (transitive) to draw a line
  5. (transitive, now uncommon) to weigh (have a weight)
    Synonym: cântări
  6. (reflexive, of animate or inanimate subjects) to have one’s origins, to stem from
    Toate cuvintele din propoziția aceasta se trag din limba latină.
    All the words in this sentence originate from the Latin language.
  7. (reflexive, of a physical or character trait or a misfortune) to stem from, owe itself to [+dative]
    De la cine i se trage copilului părul creț?
    From whom did the child get his curly hair from?
    Zgârcenia i se trage din creștere.
    His stinginess stems from his upbringing.
    Cicatricea asta mi se trage dintr-o căzătură cu motocicleta.
    This scar is from a fall off a motorcycle.
  8. (intransitive, now uncommon) to stay, lodge
  9. (transitive, now uncommon) to station a means of transport
  10. (intransitive, now uncommon, of a means of transport) to pull up
  11. (transitive, slang) to smoke, puff
    • 2023, La Familia (lyrics and music), “Lupta continuă”, in FOARTE‎[1]:
      Și ăștia mici se bat, și ăștia mici tot trag, și ăștia mici vor bani, și ăștia mici sunt tari, și ăștia mici vor să ajungă mari, satir mușchetari
      And the little ones fight, and the little ones keep smoking, and the little ones want money, and the little ones are strong, and the little ones want to become big, satirical musketeers
  12. (transitive) to swing a mounted bell
  13. (reflexive, with placeholder o, vulgar, see usage notes) to bang, to fuck (have sex) [+dative]
    Cum intru cu ea în cameră, o să ne-o tragem.
    Once I go in the room with her, we're gonna bang.
  14. (transitive, colloquial) Indicates an intensive, sometimes aggressive action, often directed to someone. [+dative]
    a îi trage o palmă ― to slap someone
    a trage o bășină ― to fart
    a îi trage o bătaie ― to give a beating
    a trage un pui de somn ― to have a nap
    a îi trage un picior ― to hit with one’s foot
  15. (intransitive, now informal) to exert oneself, take pains, suffer for a goal
    Mult o să tragi până termini facultatea.
    You’ll suffer a lot by the time you finish college.
  16. (reflexive, obsolete) Synonym of se târî (“to crawl”)
  17. (reflexive, obsolete) to act physically flirtatious with someone [+ cu (object)]

Usage notes[edit]

In the sense of “shoot”, trage can be:

  • transitive, in reference to the projectile used: trage un glonț (“shoot a bullet”);
  • with indirect object with în, when referring to offensive shooting;
  • with indirect object with la, when in the context of target shooting: trage la țintă (“target shoot”).

In the sense of “have sex”, three constructions are possible:

  • i-o trage cuiva, with a simple dative indirect object and unmistakably active in meaning;
  • și-o trage cu cineva, in a dative reflexive construction and a prepositional object of person;
  • și-o trage, with a dative reflexive plural pronoun reciprocal in sense.

Conjugation[edit]

    conjugation of trage (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive a trage
gerund trăgând
past participle tras
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 trag tragi trage tragem trageți trag
imperfect trăgeam trăgeai trăgea trăgeam trăgeați trăgeau
simple perfect trăsei trăseși trase traserăm traserăți traseră
pluperfect trăsesem trăseseși trăsese trăseserăm trăseserăți trăseseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să trag să tragi să tragă să tragem să trageți să tragă
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative trage trageți
negative nu trage nu trageți

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