screme
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *expremere, from Latin exprimere, present active infinitive of exprimō, possibly influenced by excrementum phonetically. Compare Aromanian mi-sprem, sprimeari, mi-spreamit. Doublet of exprima, borrowed through French.
Verb
a screme (third-person singular present screme, past participle scremut) 3rd conj.
- (reflexive) to strain or exert oneself, to push (used especially in the context of the effort of defecation or occasionally of giving birth)
- (reflexive, figuratively) to strive, do one's utmost
- (reflexive, figuratively) to wear oneself out with effort, work oneself to death, extenuate oneself
Conjugation
conjugation of screme (third conjugation, past participle in -ut)
| infinitive | a screme | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | scremând | ||||||
| past participle | scremut | ||||||
| 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 | screm | scremi | screme | scremem | scremeți | screm | |
| imperfect | scremeam | scremeai | scremea | scremeam | scremeați | scremeau | |
| simple perfect | scremui | scremuși | scremu | scremurăm | scremurăți | scremură | |
| pluperfect | scremusem | scremuseși | scremuse | scremuserăm | scremuserăți | scremuseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să screm | să scremi | să screamă | să scremem | să scremeți | să screamă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | screme | scremeți | |||||
| negative | nu screme | nu scremeți | |||||
Derived terms
- scremet