apuca
Romanian
Etymology
Possibly from metathesis of a Vulgar Latin aucupāre, from Latin aucupārī, present active infinitive of aucupor. Other theories suggest Latin occupāre, present active infinitive of occupō, with meaning influenced by or confused with the former. Compare Aromanian apuc, apucari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.puˈka/
- Hyphenation: a‧pu‧ca
- Rhymes: -a
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Verb
a apuca (third-person singular present apucă, past participle apucat) 1st conj.
- to grab, grip, grasp, seize
- (reflexive, figurative) to start, endeavour, begin to do something [+ de (object)]
- a se apuca de treabă ― to get to work
- (figurative, with relative clause only) to get to (do something)
- (transitive) to live to see
- 2015 August 14, Daniel Cristea-Enache, “Adrian Păunescu, ieri și azi”, in Adevărul, archived from the original on 2023-02-28:
- Nichita Stănescu nu a apucat Revoluţia, spre deosebire de Adrian Păunescu […]
- Nichita Stănescu did not live to see the Revolution, unlike Adrian Păunescu […]
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- (transitive or impersonal with relative clause; of an odd behaviour) to come upon somebody
- îl apuca pandaliile ― to throw a fit
- 2003, Constantin Popescu, transl., Punct contrapunct (paperback), Polirom, translation of Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, published 2014, →ISBN, chapter 8:
- 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?
Conjugation
conjugation of apuca (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a apuca | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | apucând | ||||||
| past participle | apucat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | apuc | apuci | apucă | apucăm | apucați | apucă | |
| imperfect | apucam | apucai | apuca | apucam | apucați | apucau | |
| simple perfect | apucai | apucași | apucă | apucarăm | apucarăți | apucară | |
| pluperfect | apucasem | apucaseși | apucase | apucaserăm | apucaserăți | apucaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să apuc | să apuci | să apuce | să apucăm | să apucați | să apuce | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | apucă | apucați | |||||
| negative | nu apuca | nu apucați | |||||
Derived terms
References
- apuca in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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