"lua" meaning in Romanian

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Verb

IPA: /ˈlwa/, /luˈa/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-lua.wav , LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-lua.wav
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”), present active infinitive of levō. Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Spanish llevar, Portuguese levar, Neapolitan luvà. The loss of the initial -l- in some forms of the verb also occurs in such words as ierta, iepure, etc. Compare also Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, whence possibly Friulian jevâ, Albanian blej. Etymology templates: {{m|ro|luva}} luva, {{inh|ro|la|levo|levāre|t=to lift}} Latin levāre (“to lift”), {{m|la|levō}} levō, {{cog|rup|ljeau|ljeau, loari}} Aromanian ljeau, loari, {{cog|dlm|levur}} Dalmatian levur, {{cog|es|llevar}} Spanish llevar, {{cog|pt|levar}} Portuguese levar, {{cog|nap|luvà}} Neapolitan luvà, {{m|ro|ierta}} ierta, {{m|ro|iepure}} iepure, {{cog|VL.|*ablevāre}} Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, {{cog|fur|jevâ}} Friulian jevâ, {{cog|sq|blej}} Albanian blej Head templates: {{ro-verb|ia|luat}} a lua (third-person singular present ia, past participle luat) 1st conj. Inflection templates: {{ro-conj-a|1s=iau|2s=iei|3p=iau|3s=ia|3sub=ia}} Forms: a lua [canonical], ia [present, singular, third-person], luat [participle, past], conjugation-1 [table-tags], a lua [infinitive], luând [gerund], luat [participle, past], iau [first-person, indicative, present, singular], iei [indicative, present, second-person, singular], ia [indicative, present, singular, third-person], luăm [first-person, indicative, plural, present], luați [indicative, plural, present, second-person], iau [indicative, plural, present, third-person], luam [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], luai [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lua [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], luam [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], luați [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], luau [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], luai [first-person, indicative, perfect, singular], luași [indicative, perfect, second-person, singular], luă [indicative, perfect, singular, third-person], luarăm [first-person, indicative, perfect, plural], luarăți [indicative, perfect, plural, second-person], luară [indicative, perfect, plural, third-person], luasem [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], luaseși [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], luase [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], luaserăm [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], luaserăți [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], luaseră [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], să iau [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], să iei [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], să ia [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], să luăm [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], să luați [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], să ia [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], ia [imperative, second-person, singular], luați [imperative, plural, second-person], nu lua [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], nu luați [imperative, negative, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to take Tags: conjugation-1, transitive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-TuaAS407
  2. (transitive, informal) Synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”) Tags: conjugation-1, informal, transitive Synonyms: cumpăra [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-SaWGdCJC
  3. (intransitive) to take (to use up time) Tags: conjugation-1, intransitive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-bkEDxAN4
  4. (transitive) to pass an examination Tags: conjugation-1, transitive Synonyms (pass): promova [formal]
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-KMrsgHy- Disambiguation of 'pass': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. (transitive, of mental or physical states, informal) to come upon somebody Tags: conjugation-1, informal, transitive Synonyms (come upon): apuca
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-k4wL-LPW Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Romanian terms with placeholder "o", Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 2 3 38 15 11 14 4 5 2 Disambiguation of Romanian terms with placeholder "o": 4 6 5 5 28 8 8 12 10 8 6 Disambiguation of Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation: 4 10 9 5 20 12 7 9 9 9 7 Disambiguation of 'come upon': 3 0 3 0 77 1 3 1 4 5 4
  6. (transitive) to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way Tags: conjugation-1, transitive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-fBIl9hrl Categories (other): Romanian terms with collocations
  7. (with placeholder o) to go, head, take to, move Tags: conjugation-1 Synonyms (head): se îndrepta
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-Vy4pESVg Categories (other): Romanian terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'head': 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
  8. (reflexive) to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)] Tags: conjugation-1, reflexive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-W4cewfCn
  9. (reflexive) to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)] Tags: conjugation-1, reflexive Synonyms (take after): urma
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-mH55CHJO Disambiguation of 'take after': 8 0 7 0 7 2 4 2 59 5 4
  10. (reflexive) to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)] Tags: conjugation-1, reflexive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-qOR~ev8e
  11. (reflexive, colloquial) to pick on someone [+ de (object)] Tags: colloquial, conjugation-1, reflexive
    Sense id: en-lua-ro-verb-oEtwHOlw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: luva [regional], Banat Derived forms: își lua câmpii, își lua zborul, lua de bun, lua loc, luare, o lua din loc, o lua la fugă, o lua razna, relua, se lua cu vorba

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "își lua câmpii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "își lua zborul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lua de bun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lua loc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "luare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "o lua din loc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "o lua la fugă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "o lua razna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se lua cu vorba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "luva"
      },
      "expansion": "luva",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "levo",
        "4": "levāre",
        "t": "to lift"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin levāre (“to lift”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "levō"
      },
      "expansion": "levō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "ljeau",
        "3": "ljeau, loari"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian ljeau, loari",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dlm",
        "2": "levur"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatian levur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "llevar"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish llevar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "levar"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese levar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nap",
        "2": "luvà"
      },
      "expansion": "Neapolitan luvà",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "ierta"
      },
      "expansion": "ierta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "iepure"
      },
      "expansion": "iepure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "VL.",
        "2": "*ablevāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *ablevāre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fur",
        "2": "jevâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Friulian jevâ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "blej"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian blej",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”), present active infinitive of levō. Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Spanish llevar, Portuguese levar, Neapolitan luvà. The loss of the initial -l- in some forms of the verb also occurs in such words as ierta, iepure, etc. Compare also Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, whence possibly Friulian jevâ, Albanian blej.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a lua",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conjugation-1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-conj-a",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luând",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luași",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luă",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luarăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luarăți",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luară",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luasem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaseși",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaserăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaserăți",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaseră",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să iei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să luăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nu lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nu luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ia",
        "2": "luat"
      },
      "expansion": "a lua (third-person singular present ia, past participle luat) 1st conj.",
      "name": "ro-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧a"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1s": "iau",
        "2s": "iei",
        "3p": "iau",
        "3s": "ia",
        "3sub": "ia"
      },
      "name": "ro-conj-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I would like to have lunch with you.",
          "text": "Aș dori să iau prânzul cu tine.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Take me with you.",
          "text": "Ia-mă cu tine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-TuaAS407",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to take"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you want me to buy you from the store?",
          "text": "Ce vrei să-ți iau de la magazin?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-SaWGdCJC",
      "links": [
        [
          "cumpăra",
          "cumpăra#Romanian"
        ],
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) Synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "to buy",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "cumpăra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How long does it take you to arrive?",
          "text": "Cât îți ia să ajungi?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take (to use up time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-bkEDxAN4",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to take (to use up time)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to pass an examination"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-KMrsgHy-",
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to pass an examination"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "pass",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "promova"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 2 3 38 15 11 14 4 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 5 5 28 8 8 12 10 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms with placeholder \"o\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 10 9 5 20 12 7 9 9 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I get sad (literally, “sadness comes upon me”) when I think about it.",
          "text": "Mă ia tristețea când mă gândesc la asta.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Many start sneezing (literally, “sneeze comes upon many”) when they enter the paint workshop.",
          "text": "Pe mulți îi ia strănutul când intră în atelierul de vopseluri.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come upon somebody"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-k4wL-LPW",
      "links": [
        [
          "come upon",
          "come upon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of mental or physical states, informal) to come upon somebody"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of mental or physical states"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 3 0 77 1 3 1 4 5 4",
          "sense": "come upon",
          "word": "apuca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a (o) lua încet/ușor (pe cineva)",
          "text": "to go easy/slowly (on someone)"
        },
        {
          "english": "to give a beating",
          "text": "a lua la bătaie"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take seriously",
          "text": "a lua în serios"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why are you acting so accusatory towards me?",
          "text": "De ce mă iei așa acuzator?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-fBIl9hrl",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to (inertly) go downhill",
          "text": "a o lua la vale"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go ahead, in advance",
          "text": "o lua înainte"
        },
        {
          "english": "After reaching the intersection, you must head left.",
          "text": "După ce-ajungi în intersecție, trebuie s-o iei la stânga.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go, head, take to, move"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-Vy4pESVg",
      "links": [
        [
          "o",
          "o#Romanian"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "take to",
          "take to"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with placeholder o) to go, head, take to, move"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with placeholder o"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "head",
          "word": "se îndrepta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)]",
        "to follow someone, often covertly"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-W4cewfCn",
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "după",
          "după#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)]",
        "to take after someone (follow someone’s example)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-mH55CHJO",
      "links": [
        [
          "take after",
          "take after"
        ],
        [
          "după",
          "după#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)]"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 0 7 0 7 2 4 2 59 5 4",
          "sense": "take after",
          "word": "urma"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’d got caught up in other things and forgot.",
          "text": "Mă luasem cu altele și am uitat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)]",
        "to be caught up, occupied"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-qOR~ev8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "caught up",
          "caught up"
        ],
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ],
        [
          "cu",
          "cu#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to pick on someone [+ de (object)]",
        "to pick on someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-ro-verb-oEtwHOlw",
      "links": [
        [
          "pick on",
          "pick on"
        ],
        [
          "de",
          "de#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, colloquial) to pick on someone [+ de (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlwa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    },
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      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-lua.wav",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "luva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Banat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Romanian/a",
    "Rhymes:Romanian/a/2 syllables",
    "Romanian contranyms",
    "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms inherited from 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": "își lua câmpii"
    },
    {
      "word": "își lua zborul"
    },
    {
      "word": "lua de bun"
    },
    {
      "word": "lua loc"
    },
    {
      "word": "luare"
    },
    {
      "word": "o lua din loc"
    },
    {
      "word": "o lua la fugă"
    },
    {
      "word": "o lua razna"
    },
    {
      "word": "relua"
    },
    {
      "word": "se lua cu vorba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "luva"
      },
      "expansion": "luva",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "levo",
        "4": "levāre",
        "t": "to lift"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin levāre (“to lift”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "levō"
      },
      "expansion": "levō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "ljeau",
        "3": "ljeau, loari"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian ljeau, loari",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dlm",
        "2": "levur"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatian levur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "llevar"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish llevar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "levar"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese levar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nap",
        "2": "luvà"
      },
      "expansion": "Neapolitan luvà",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "ierta"
      },
      "expansion": "ierta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "iepure"
      },
      "expansion": "iepure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "VL.",
        "2": "*ablevāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *ablevāre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fur",
        "2": "jevâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Friulian jevâ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "blej"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian blej",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”), present active infinitive of levō. Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Spanish llevar, Portuguese levar, Neapolitan luvà. The loss of the initial -l- in some forms of the verb also occurs in such words as ierta, iepure, etc. Compare also Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, whence possibly Friulian jevâ, Albanian blej.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a lua",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conjugation-1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-conj-a",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luând",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luași",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luă",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luarăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luarăți",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luară",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luasem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaseși",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaserăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaserăți",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaseră",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să iau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să iei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să luăm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "să ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nu lua",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nu luați",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ia",
        "2": "luat"
      },
      "expansion": "a lua (third-person singular present ia, past participle luat) 1st conj.",
      "name": "ro-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧a"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1s": "iau",
        "2s": "iei",
        "3p": "iau",
        "3s": "ia",
        "3sub": "ia"
      },
      "name": "ro-conj-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian terms with usage examples",
        "Romanian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I would like to have lunch with you.",
          "text": "Aș dori să iau prânzul cu tine.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Take me with you.",
          "text": "Ia-mă cu tine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to take"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian informal terms",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples",
        "Romanian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you want me to buy you from the store?",
          "text": "Ce vrei să-ți iau de la magazin?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cumpăra",
          "cumpăra#Romanian"
        ],
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) Synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "to buy",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "cumpăra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian intransitive verbs",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How long does it take you to arrive?",
          "text": "Cât îți ia să ajungi?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take (to use up time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to take (to use up time)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pass an examination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to pass an examination"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian informal terms",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples",
        "Romanian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I get sad (literally, “sadness comes upon me”) when I think about it.",
          "text": "Mă ia tristețea când mă gândesc la asta.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Many start sneezing (literally, “sneeze comes upon many”) when they enter the paint workshop.",
          "text": "Pe mulți îi ia strănutul când intră în atelierul de vopseluri.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come upon somebody"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come upon",
          "come upon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of mental or physical states, informal) to come upon somebody"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of mental or physical states"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian terms with collocations",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples",
        "Romanian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a (o) lua încet/ușor (pe cineva)",
          "text": "to go easy/slowly (on someone)"
        },
        {
          "english": "to give a beating",
          "text": "a lua la bătaie"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take seriously",
          "text": "a lua în serios"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why are you acting so accusatory towards me?",
          "text": "De ce mă iei așa acuzator?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian terms with collocations",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to (inertly) go downhill",
          "text": "a o lua la vale"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go ahead, in advance",
          "text": "o lua înainte"
        },
        {
          "english": "After reaching the intersection, you must head left.",
          "text": "După ce-ajungi în intersecție, trebuie s-o iei la stânga.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go, head, take to, move"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "o",
          "o#Romanian"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "take to",
          "take to"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with placeholder o) to go, head, take to, move"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with placeholder o"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)]",
        "to follow someone, often covertly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "după",
          "după#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to follow someone, often covertly [+ după (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)]",
        "to take after someone (follow someone’s example)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take after",
          "take after"
        ],
        [
          "după",
          "după#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [+ după (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian reflexive verbs",
        "Romanian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’d got caught up in other things and forgot.",
          "text": "Mă luasem cu altele și am uitat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)]",
        "to be caught up, occupied"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "caught up",
          "caught up"
        ],
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ],
        [
          "cu",
          "cu#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to be caught up, occupied [+ cu (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian colloquialisms",
        "Romanian reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pick on someone [+ de (object)]",
        "to pick on someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pick on",
          "pick on"
        ],
        [
          "de",
          "de#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, colloquial) to pick on someone [+ de (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "conjugation-1",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlwa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-lua.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-lua.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-lua.wav.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-lua.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-lua.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-lua.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-lua.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-lua.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "pass",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "promova"
    },
    {
      "sense": "come upon",
      "word": "apuca"
    },
    {
      "sense": "head",
      "word": "se îndrepta"
    },
    {
      "sense": "take after",
      "word": "urma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "luva"
    },
    {
      "word": "Banat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}

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