Meaning of prosti | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to fool, to trick
   transitive
2. synonym of cerși (“beg for alms”)
   intransitive, regional
3. to allow for a dispensation
   obsolete, transitive
4. to act goofy, fool around
   reflexive
5. to spare someone of a punishment
   obsolete, rare, transitive
6. to stupefy, make unable to think
   often, participle, reflexive, transitive
7. to make up (make peace)
   obsolete, rare, reciprocal
8. to become stupid
   reflexive
9. to step down, or specifically to abdicate
   obsolete, rare, reflexive
10. to lose quality, deteriorate, no longer correspond
    rare, reflexive
11. to retreat to a place
    obsolete, rare, reflexive
12. to become weak
    rare, reflexive
13. to pretend to be something else
    obsolete, rare
14. to make or become ugly
    obsolete, reflexive, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Mă amețise ca pe un nătărău, mă prostise și mă fermecase.”

She had misled me like a tool, she had fooled me and enchanted me.

“Daca iei la purecat biografiile greilor ofiterimii superioare, ai sa vezi ca si vorba asta de prostit pro$tii e mai degraba ceea ce la voi in SUA se cheama "urban legend".”

If you comb over the biographies of the heavyweights of the upper ranks, you’ll see that this notion made to fool fools is also more like what you in the USA call “urban legend”.

“Mereu mi-a fost frica de boli adica am avut momente in care daca ma prosteam putin sau imitam o persoana credeam ca am dubla personalitate[…]”

I've always been afraid of diseases, like, I've had moments where, if I was fooling around a bit or imitating a person, I'd think I had a split personality […]

“Smărăndița nu mai știa de bucurie, iar Dobre sta prostit în mijlocul casei neștiind cum să explice o asemenea întîmplare.”

Smărăndița was beside herself with joy, and Dobre was sitting stupefied in the middle of the house, not knowing how to explain such an event.

“Se uita drept în ochii lui iscoditori, zăpăcindu‑l și prostindu‑l.”

She was looking right into his curious eyes, flustering him and stupefying him.

“— Maistre Ruben, te-ai prostit rău de când nu ne-am mai văzut, zise tânărul zâmbind, ori eu am devenit o ființă superioară magistrului meu… se poate și asta.”

“Master Ruben, you’ve become severely stupid since we last saw each other”, said the youth with a smile, “or perhaps I am become a being superior to my magister… that’s also possible.”

“Mangalia anul acesta nu se prezintă tocmai fermecătoare, pentru că s-au prostit restaurantele.”

This year, Mangalia isn't exactly charming, because the restaurants became worse in quality.

“Prostescu, tire, titu. Просте́ск, ти́ре, ти́т, I. verb. act. pre quineva […] 2) i. e. facu uri̓tu: deturpo, deformem facio: rutítani: garſtig machen — II. reciprocum: me̓ prostescu […] b) me̓ facu uri̓tu: turpis fio: rútúlni: garſtig werden.”

Prostesc. I. active verb: [somebody] […] 2) I make ugly; II. reciprocal: […] b) I become ugly

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