apuca
Definiții
- to grab, grip, grasp, seize
- to start, endeavour, begin to do something
- to get to do something
- to live to see something, either by living long enough or by being born early enough
- to have a tradition be passed down
- to catch someone unready
- to come upon somebody
- to take it upon oneself
- to usurp, take for oneself
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of apuca.
Exemple
“a se apuca⟳ de treabă”
to get to work
“Copilul nu l-a apucat pe străbunicul său.”
The child didn’t get to meet his great-grandfather.
“Nichita Stănescu nu a apucat Revoluția, spre deosebire de Adrian Păunescu[…]”
Nichita Stănescu did not live to see the Revolution, unlike Adrian Păunescu […]
“a îl apuca⟳ seara”
to not be done by nightfall
“Pe constructori o să îi apuce iarna și tot nu o să fie gata⟳.”
Winter will come and the builders still will not be ready.
“a îl apuca⟳ plânsul”
to start crying
“a îl apuca⟳ pandaliile”
to throw a fit
“Te-a apucat să cânți? Fă liniște!”
Did you suddenly think to start singing? Shut up!
“Ce l-a apucat să devină sentimental din pricina unui cuplu fericit?”
What’s come to him, for him to get sentimental because of a happy couple?
Nivel CEFR
B2
Intermediar avansat
Acest cuvânt face parte din vocabularul CEFR B2 — nivel intermediar avansat.
Acest cuvânt face parte din vocabularul CEFR B2 — nivel intermediar avansat.
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