Meaning of păți | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to have something, chiefly negative or sometimes neutral, happen to oneself
   ambitransitive, catenative
2. to experience trouble, suffer
   ambitransitive, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Știi ce am pățit azi?”

Do you know what happened to me today?

“Minerii au pățit și să rămână fără lumină.”

The miners have also [on various occasions] been left without light.

“Așa merită să pățească cine încalcă legea.”

This is what those breaking the law deserve.

“Fabrica a fost evacuată după ce cineva a pățit un accident.”

The factory was evacuated after someone had an accident happen to himself.

CEFR level