alunga

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from Latin longe. Other theories suggest it deriving straight from Latin elongare. Compare Italian allungare, Catalan allunyar (“move away, remove, distance onself”), French éloigner, allonger, Galician alongar (“move away”), Spanish alongar and Portuguese alongar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lunˈɡa/, [a.luŋˈɡa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧lun‧ga

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Verb

a alunga (third-person singular present alungă, past participle alungat) 1st conjugation

1. to banish, expel, drive away, dismiss

   Synonym: goni

Conjugation

    conjugation of alunga (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a alunga
gerund			alungând
past participle			alungat
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	alung	alungi	alungă	alungăm	alungați	alungă
	imperfect	alungam	alungai	alunga	alungam	alungați	alungau
	simple perfect	alungai	alungași	alungă	alungarăm	alungarăți	alungară
	pluperfect	alungasem	alungaseși	alungase	alungaserăm	alungaserăți	alungaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să alung	să alungi	să alunge	să alungăm	să alungați	să alunge
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		alungă			alungați
	negative		nu alunga			nu alungați

Related terms

• lung

See also

• alungi