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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "apucare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "apucat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "apucătură"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pe apucate"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
"4": "aucupāre"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin aucupāre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "la",
"3": "aucupārī"
},
"expansion": "Latin aucupārī",
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},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "aucupor"
},
"expansion": "aucupor",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "occupāre"
},
"expansion": "occupāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "apuc"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian apuc",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "a apuca",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "conjugation-1",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-conj-a",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "apucând",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "apucat",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "apuc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apuci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucam",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucam",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucau",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucași",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucarăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucarăți",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucară",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucasem",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaseși",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaserăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaserăți",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaseră",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "să apucăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nu apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nu apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "apucă",
"2": "apucat"
},
"expansion": "a apuca (third-person singular present apucă, past participle apucat) 1st conj.",
"name": "ro-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"a‧pu‧ca"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "apuc"
},
"name": "ro-conj-a"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "începe"
}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to grab, grip, grasp, seize"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-Wez6GbG0",
"links": [
[
"grab",
"grab"
],
[
"grip",
"grip"
],
[
"grasp",
"grasp"
],
[
"seize",
"seize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to grab, grip, grasp, seize"
],
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{
"_dis1": "69 2 3 2 3 3 0 4 4 5 6",
"sense": "grasp",
"word": "prinde"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive"
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian terms with collocations",
"parents": [
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],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to get to work",
"text": "a se apuca de treabă",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to start, endeavour, begin to do something [+ de (object)]",
"to start, endeavour, begin to do something"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-77h4eQml",
"links": [
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
],
[
"de",
"de#Romanian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, somewhat informal) to start, endeavour, begin to do something [+ de (object)]"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 50 10 3 7 0 0 8 8 6 5",
"sense": "begin",
"word": "începe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 10 3 7 0 0 8 8 6 5",
"sense": "begin",
"word": "se pune"
}
],
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"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to get to do something"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-bKPaUuBi",
"links": [
[
"get to",
"get to"
]
],
"qualifier": "rather informal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(catenative, rather informal) to get to do something"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "2 3 71 2 5 0 0 5 5 4 4",
"sense": "get to do",
"word": "ajunge"
}
],
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"catenative",
"conjugation-1"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "2 4 1 10 21 11 6 21 21 1 1",
"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The child didn’t get to meet his great-grandfather.",
"text": "Copilul nu l-a apucat pe străbunicul său.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2015 August 14, Daniel Cristea-Enache, “Adrian Păunescu, ieri și azi”, in Adevărul, archived from the original on 2023-02-28",
"text": "Nichita Stănescu nu a apucat Revoluția, spre deosebire de Adrian Păunescu[…]\nNichita Stănescu did not live to see the Revolution, unlike Adrian Păunescu […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live to see something, either by living long enough or by being born early enough"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-ql~fK74l",
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to live to see something, either by living long enough or by being born early enough"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 3",
"sense": "live to see",
"word": "prinde"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
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],
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},
{
"_dis": "4 4 4 9 17 10 3 21 21 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian terms with placeholder \"o\"",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 5 6 9 16 9 4 18 18 6 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to have a tradition be passed down"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-wvuL5XAQ",
"links": [
[
"tradition",
"tradition"
],
[
"passed down",
"passed down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, now uncommon) to have a tradition be passed down"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to not be done by nightfall",
"text": "a îl apuca seara",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Winter will come and the builders still will not be ready.",
"text": "Pe constructori o să îi apuce iarna și tot nu o să fie gata.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to catch someone unready"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-FvqVvBnI",
"links": [
[
"catch",
"catch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of a point in time, informal) to catch someone unready"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a point in time"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to head"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-4kRF5Jsi",
"links": [
[
"o",
"o#Romanian"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive or transitive with placeholder o, now informal, less common) to head"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with placeholder o"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "head",
"word": "face"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "head",
"word": "se îndrepta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "head",
"word": "o lua"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"intransitive",
"transitive",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "4 4 4 9 17 10 3 21 21 4 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "5 5 6 9 16 9 4 18 18 6 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to start crying",
"text": "a îl apuca plânsul",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to come upon somebody"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-k4wL-LPW",
"links": [
[
"come upon",
"come upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of a mental state or physical manifestation, informal) to come upon somebody"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a mental state or physical manifestation"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"_dis": "4 4 4 9 17 10 3 21 21 4 4",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 5 6 9 16 9 4 18 18 6 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to throw a fit",
"text": "a îl apuca pandaliile",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Did you suddenly think to whistle? Shut up!",
"text": "Te-a apucat să fluieri? Fă liniște!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What’s come to him, for him to get sentimental because of a happy couple?",
"ref": "2003, Constantin Popescu, transl., Punct contrapunct, Polirom, translation of Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, published 2014, chapter 8",
"text": "Ce l-a apucat să devină sentimental din pricina unui cuplu fericit?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to come upon somebody"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-k4wL-LPW1",
"links": [
[
"come upon",
"come upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of an out of line behaviour, informal) to come upon somebody"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an out of line behaviour"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to take it upon oneself"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-fL5~PKob",
"links": [
[
"take it upon oneself",
"take it upon oneself"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, obsolete) to take it upon oneself"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"obsolete",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to usurp, take for oneself"
],
"id": "en-apuca-ro-verb-YyrRgJTB",
"links": [
[
"usurp",
"usurp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) to usurp, take for oneself"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "8 2 5 3 6 0 0 6 6 5 60",
"sense": "usurp",
"word": "prădui"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 5 3 6 0 0 6 6 5 60",
"sense": "usurp",
"word": "uzurpa"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a.puˈka/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
},
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"text": "Audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 3 1 0 41 41 6 2",
"sense": "come upon; of feelings",
"word": "lua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 3 1 0 41 41 6 2",
"sense": "come upon; of an odd behaviour",
"word": "îi veni"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 6 13 5 0 20 20 21 7",
"alt": "angaja",
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "se"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 6 13 5 0 20 20 21 7",
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "făgădui"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 6 13 5 0 20 20 21 7",
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "se obliga"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 6 13 5 0 20 20 21 7",
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"tags": [
"regional"
],
"word": "se lega"
}
],
"word": "apuca"
}
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"Rhymes:Romanian/a",
"Rhymes:Romanian/a/3 syllables",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"Romanian terms inherited from Latin",
"Romanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
"Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Romanian terms with audio links",
"Romanian terms with placeholder \"o\"",
"Romanian verbs",
"Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "apucare"
},
{
"word": "apucat"
},
{
"word": "apucătură"
},
{
"word": "pe apucate"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
"4": "aucupāre"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin aucupāre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "la",
"3": "aucupārī"
},
"expansion": "Latin aucupārī",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "aucupor"
},
"expansion": "aucupor",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "occupāre"
},
"expansion": "occupāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "occupō"
},
"expansion": "occupō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "apuc"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian apuc",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "a apuca",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucat",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "conjugation-1",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-conj-a",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "apucând",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "apucat",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "apuc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apuci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucam",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucam",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucau",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucași",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucarăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucarăți",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucară",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucasem",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaseși",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaserăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaserăți",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucaseră",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"pluperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "să apucăm",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "să apuce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "apucă",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nu apuca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nu apucați",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "apucă",
"2": "apucat"
},
"expansion": "a apuca (third-person singular present apucă, past participle apucat) 1st conj.",
"name": "ro-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"a‧pu‧ca"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "apuc"
},
"name": "ro-conj-a"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "prinde"
},
{
"word": "începe"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to grab, grip, grasp, seize"
],
"links": [
[
"grab",
"grab"
],
[
"grip",
"grip"
],
[
"grasp",
"grasp"
],
[
"seize",
"seize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to grab, grip, grasp, seize"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms",
"Romanian reflexive verbs",
"Romanian terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to get to work",
"text": "a se apuca de treabă",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to start, endeavour, begin to do something [+ de (object)]",
"to start, endeavour, begin to do something"
],
"links": [
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
],
[
"de",
"de#Romanian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, somewhat informal) to start, endeavour, begin to do something [+ de (object)]"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"to get to do something"
],
"links": [
[
"get to",
"get to"
]
],
"qualifier": "rather informal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(catenative, rather informal) to get to do something"
],
"tags": [
"catenative",
"conjugation-1"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian terms with quotations",
"Romanian terms with usage examples",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The child didn’t get to meet his great-grandfather.",
"text": "Copilul nu l-a apucat pe străbunicul său.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2015 August 14, Daniel Cristea-Enache, “Adrian Păunescu, ieri și azi”, in Adevărul, archived from the original on 2023-02-28",
"text": "Nichita Stănescu nu a apucat Revoluția, spre deosebire de Adrian Păunescu[…]\nNichita Stănescu did not live to see the Revolution, unlike Adrian Păunescu […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live to see something, either by living long enough or by being born early enough"
],
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to live to see something, either by living long enough or by being born early enough"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian terms with uncommon senses",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to have a tradition be passed down"
],
"links": [
[
"tradition",
"tradition"
],
[
"passed down",
"passed down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, now uncommon) to have a tradition be passed down"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"transitive",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms",
"Romanian terms with collocations",
"Romanian terms with usage examples",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to not be done by nightfall",
"text": "a îl apuca seara",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Winter will come and the builders still will not be ready.",
"text": "Pe constructori o să îi apuce iarna și tot nu o să fie gata.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to catch someone unready"
],
"links": [
[
"catch",
"catch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of a point in time, informal) to catch someone unready"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a point in time"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms",
"Romanian intransitive verbs",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to head"
],
"links": [
[
"o",
"o#Romanian"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive or transitive with placeholder o, now informal, less common) to head"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with placeholder o"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"intransitive",
"transitive",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms",
"Romanian terms with collocations",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to start crying",
"text": "a îl apuca plânsul",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to come upon somebody"
],
"links": [
[
"come upon",
"come upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of a mental state or physical manifestation, informal) to come upon somebody"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a mental state or physical manifestation"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian informal terms",
"Romanian terms with collocations",
"Romanian terms with quotations",
"Romanian terms with usage examples",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to throw a fit",
"text": "a îl apuca pandaliile",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Did you suddenly think to whistle? Shut up!",
"text": "Te-a apucat să fluieri? Fă liniște!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What’s come to him, for him to get sentimental because of a happy couple?",
"ref": "2003, Constantin Popescu, transl., Punct contrapunct, Polirom, translation of Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, published 2014, chapter 8",
"text": "Ce l-a apucat să devină sentimental din pricina unui cuplu fericit?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to come upon somebody"
],
"links": [
[
"come upon",
"come upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, of an out of line behaviour, informal) to come upon somebody"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an out of line behaviour"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian reflexive verbs",
"Romanian terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"to take it upon oneself"
],
"links": [
[
"take it upon oneself",
"take it upon oneself"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, obsolete) to take it upon oneself"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"obsolete",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian terms with obsolete senses",
"Romanian transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to usurp, take for oneself"
],
"links": [
[
"usurp",
"usurp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) to usurp, take for oneself"
],
"tags": [
"conjugation-1",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a.puˈka/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
},
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "grasp",
"word": "prinde"
},
{
"sense": "begin",
"word": "începe"
},
{
"sense": "begin",
"word": "se pune"
},
{
"sense": "get to do",
"word": "ajunge"
},
{
"sense": "head",
"word": "face"
},
{
"sense": "head",
"word": "se îndrepta"
},
{
"sense": "head",
"word": "o lua"
},
{
"sense": "live to see",
"word": "prinde"
},
{
"sense": "come upon; of feelings",
"word": "lua"
},
{
"sense": "come upon; of an odd behaviour",
"word": "îi veni"
},
{
"alt": "angaja",
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "se"
},
{
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "făgădui"
},
{
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"word": "se obliga"
},
{
"sense": "take upon oneself",
"tags": [
"regional"
],
"word": "se lega"
},
{
"sense": "usurp",
"word": "prădui"
},
{
"sense": "usurp",
"word": "uzurpa"
}
],
"word": "apuca"
}
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