căuta
Romanian
Alternative forms
- căta (popular)
Etymology
From Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō. Phonetically, it may have resulted from the merger of more than one Latin word originally; the variant form căta is likely derived from the Vulgar Latin form *cattāre (compare Spanish and Portuguese catar, Venetian catar), but various other etymologies have been proposed for the standard form: it has attributed by some as originating from or being influenced by a root *cavitāre, from cavitum, popular form of cautum, or from *cautāre, as a verbal derivative of cautus, or from *cabtāre, as an incorrect pronunciation of captāre, on the basis of a similar transformation from Latin in cases such as presbyter > Romanian preot. Compare also Aromanian caftu, cãftari. [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəwˈta]
Audio (file)
Verb
a căuta (third-person singular present caută, past participle căutat) 1st conj.
- to search (for), seek
- (reflexive) to be sought
- (transitive) Used in set expressions. (see have no business)
- Ce cauți aici? ― Why are you here?
- El nu are ce căuta în această casă. ― He has no business to be in this house.
Conjugation
| infinitive | a căuta | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | căutând | ||||||
| past participle | căutat | ||||||
| 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 | caut | cauți | caută | căutăm | căutați | caută | |
| imperfect | căutam | căutai | căuta | căutam | căutați | căutau | |
| simple perfect | căutai | căutași | căută | căutarăm | căutarăți | căutară | |
| pluperfect | căutasem | căutaseși | căutase | căutaserăm | căutaserăți | căutaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să caut | să cauți | să caute | să căutăm | să căutați | să caute | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | caută | căutați | |||||
| negative | nu căuta | nu căutați | |||||
Derived terms
- căutare
References
- Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://www.dex.ro/c%C4%83uta
căuta in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)