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duce.

to carry, lead, take

4 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdu.t͡ʃe/
  1. to carry, lead, take

    transitive
    Cine duce copiii la școală?
  2. to lead, to go

    intransitive
    Drumul acesta duce la casa mea.
  3. to go

    reflexive
    Mă duc acasă.
  4. to die

    figuratively · reflexive
  5. to withstand, handle, weather, deal with

    ambitransitive · informal
    O să-ți dau de lucru de să nu poți duce.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin dūcere, from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-. Reinforcement by Italian ducere is possible.

noun/ˈdu.t͡ʃe/
  1. duke

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Modified, to be adapted to the Latin, from the older form ducă, itself from Italian duca, and partly through Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka), ultimately from Latin dux.

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