avea.
to have
Meaning & usage
to have
Eu am o soră.
to stand
a se avea bine/rău (cu cineva)
Used to form other tenses. Used with past participles to form the compound perfect tense.: to have (done)
Eu te-am văzut pe tine.
Te-a văzut pe tine?
Used to form other tenses. Used with a subjunctive to form a variant of the future tense.
Am să te vizitez odată.
Used to form other tenses. Used with an infinitive to form the conditional present tense.
Aș face-o dacă aș putea.
Ai vrea să vii cu mine?
Used to form other tenses. Used with fi and a past participle to form the conditional perfect tense.
Aș fi venit dacă aș fi avut timp.
Used to form other tenses. Used with de and a past participle: to have to
Nu ai de făcut asta dacă nu vrei
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.