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Romanian vocabulary: verb patterns

To need, to be about to, to remember: the Romanian verb phrases that keep coming back in conversation.

Here are 100 Romanian words on “Verb patterns”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

RomanianEnglish
avea dreptul săto be allowed to
servi lato be used for
își reproșato blame oneself
apela lato call upon
continua săto carry on doing
alege săto choose to
revenito come back
intrato come in
se lipsi deto do without
se aștepta lato expect
completato fill in
avea dificultăți în ato find it hard to
termina deto finish doing
uita săto forget to
se urcato get on
da naștere lato give rise to
procedato go about it
reintrato go back inside
ieși cuto go out with
trece printo go through
tocmaito have just done
ajuta săto help to
comunicato inform of
învăța săto learn to
se ocupato look afterTake charge of
se uita lato look at
căutato look for
fi atent lato pay attention to
o scoate la capătto pull through
suportato put up with
își da seamato realiseBecome aware of something
își revenito recover
conta peto rely on
își aduce aminteto remember
se apuca deto start doing
se oprito stop
scoateto take off
pricepeto work out

Level 2: medium 36 words

RomanianEnglish
accepta săto agree to
se interesa deto be interested in
fi obligat săto be obliged to
fi mândru deto be proud of
conștientizato become aware of
se calmato calm down
recuperato catch up
se produceto come about
decide săto decide to
visa lato dream of
încuraja săto encourage to
se îmbrăcato get dressed
greșito get it wrong
se căsătorito get married
se pregăti săto get ready to
se sculato get up
abandonato give up
distribuito hand out
se distrato have fun
rețineto hold back
avea intenția săto intend to
îngrijito look afterSee to someone’s well-being
se hotărîto make up one’s mind
pune la locto put away
amânato put off
da dovadă deto show evidence of
se despărțito split up
înceta săto stop doing
abordato tackle
ține cont deto take into account
reflecta lato think over
avea încredere înto trust
respingeto turn down
stingeto turn off
se folosi deto use
se trezito wake up

Level 3: hard 26 words

RomanianEnglish
risca săto be likely to
se feri deto be wary of
se preocupa deto care about
da pesteto come across
merita săto deserve to
se dedicato devote oneself to
adormito fall asleep
obliga săto force to
se supărato get angry
se plictisito get bored
recapitulato go over
se rănito hurt oneself
insista asuprato insist on
invita săto invite to
aștepta cu nerăbdareto look forward to
căuta în dicționarto look up
își bate jocto make fun
se descurcato manage
se opuneto oppose
își puneto put on
regretato regret
bănuito suspect
se însărcina cuto take charge of
angajato take on
lua în considerareto think of
se dezbrăcato undress

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Romanian words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Romanian vocabulary?
By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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