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Meaning of pregeta | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
pre.d͡ʒeˈta

Definitions

  1. to waver, hesitate
    intransitive, literary
  2. to cease
    intransitive, uncommon
  3. to spare oneself an effort
    obsolete, transitive

Equivalents

English Hesitate

Examples

“[…]Societatea istorică română nu va pregeta nicĭ odată a urmări, în cercetările vecinilor ca și în studiile învĕțaților din țĕrĭ depărtate, tot ce se va scrie despre trecutul ca și despre presintele neamuluĭ românesc.”

[…] the Romanian historical society will never cease to follow, in the research of our neighbours as well as in the studies of the learned from distant countries, everything that will be written about the past as well as the present of the Romanian people.

“Albastra dormitare-a tinii Să mi-o răsfeți voi pregeta.”

The bluish slumber of the dirt For me will you caress no more.

“Hăituiala nu pregeta nici ziua, nici noaptea.”

The hounding around would cease neither in the daylight nor at night.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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