lua.
to take
Meaning & usage
to take
Aș dori să iau prânzul cu tine.
Ia-mă cu tine.
synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)
Ce vrei să-ți iau de la magazin?
to take (to use up time)
Cât îți ia să ajungi?
to pass an examination
to come upon somebody
Mă ia tristețea când mă gândesc la asta.
Pe mulți îi ia strănutul când intră în atelierul de vopseluri.
to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way
a (o) lua încet/ușor (pe cineva)
a lua la bătaie
to go, head, take to, move
a o lua la vale
o lua înainte
to follow someone, often covertly
to take after someone (follow someone’s example)
to be caught up, occupied
Mă luasem cu altele și am uitat.
to pick on someone
Where this word comes from
From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”). Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Spanish llevar, Portuguese levar, Neapolitan luvà. The loss of the initial -l- in some forms of the verb also occurs in such words as ierta, iepure, etc. Compare also Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, whence possibly Friulian jevâ, Albanian blej.
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